Length11h 58m
About this audiobook
Every grave has a story ... The much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, from the no.1 bestselling author of The Ruin and What Happened to Nina.
Shortlisted for General Fiction Book of the Year at the ABIA's 2026
Shortlisted for the Audiobook of the Year at the ABIA's 2026
Shortlisted for the ABA Book of the Year Award 2026
For years the boglands of Northern Europe have given up bodies of the long-deceased. Bodies that are thousands of years old, uncannily preserved. Bodies with strange injuries that suggest ritual torture and human sacrifice.
When a corpse is found in a bog in Galway, Cormac Reilly assumes the find is historical. But closer examination reveals a more recent story. The dead man is Thaddeus Grey, a local secondary school principal who disappeared two years prior.
There's nothing in Grey's past that would explain why he was murdered, or why his body was mutilated in a ritual manner. At first, progress on the case is frustratingly slow and Cormac struggles to keep his mind on the job. His ex-girlfriend, Emma Sweeney, is in trouble, and she's reached out to him for help - Emma's new husband has gone missing in Paris, and the French police are refusing to open an investigation into his disappearance.
Cormac is sure that he has found Grey's killer, and is within hours of an arrest, when another mutilated body is discovered on the other side of the country. Two days later, a third body is found. Press attention is intense. Is there a serial killer at work in Ireland? Has Cormac been on the wrong trail? And if so, can he find the murderer before they strike again?
'McTiernan is a bestselling crime writer for good reason, and this is another brisk, moody police procedural with an effortless command of pace and suspense' Sydney Morning Herald
'Excellently tangled' Washington Post
Praise for the Cormac Reilly novels:
'Dervla McTiernan just gets better and better' Chris Hammer
'A haunting mystery that will have you turning pages late into the night. This is Gone Girl-level good writing.' Janet Evanovich
'Intelligent and fast-paced' Wall Street Journal
'Taut, dense and darkly addictive. A treat for lovers of fine crime writing.' Candice Fox
'As moving as it is fast-paced' Val McDermid
'Cormac Reilly [is] a cop to follow to hell and back' Bookseller+Publisher
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (2.9K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byAoife McMahon
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 30, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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