Two women, Grace in London, Bid in Dublin, and one man - the wealthy head of a Dutch development company. No apparent connection between them, yet their lives are destroyed by one searing incident, resolutely buried.
'I went out earlier than usual because of the Spring tide,' said the old man. 'The water was unusually high and rose above the grassy bank beside the shore. It was a breathtaking morning, beautiful, mysterious, with the pinkish dawn light playing through the sea fog. 'As I rounded the point I saw her, rising out of the mist. At first I couldn't believe my eyes for, God forgive me, I thought she was walking on water. "You'll get your death of cold," I shouted, joking.' But it was only when John Spain stretched out his hand to her that he noticed the rope and saw with dismay that she'd been propped upright and lashed to a tree. Her name was Evangeline Walter - one of the many incomers who had bought houses on an estuary on the southwest coast of Ireland. Apparently single, nobody knew much about her. But who precisely was Evangeline? Where did she come from? And, more importantly, who wanted her dead?
The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leeched into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune; and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her. But of all those who had contact with her, none suffered more than the wife and son of VJ Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat? Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to linger, and Gil Sweeney has become obsessed with finding out what really happened when he was a little boy of eight...
You thought you'd heard the whole story?They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. NowIrish Girls Are Back In Town...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of first-rate short fiction! So cozy up with some of today's best Irish women writers -- many favorites from the first Irish Girls collection and some lively newcomers -- as they spin nineteen all-new tales ranging from poignant and heartwarming to provocative and outright hilarious.Against the madcap setting of a bingo hall, Cecelia Ahern conjures a woman's memories of her domineering mother in "The Calling"...Patricia Scanlan unwraps the truth behind "Façades" when two friends reconnect at the holidays. Are they as happy and successful as they appear?...A resolute widow pieces together a shocking betrayal -- and vows to outdo her competition -- in Gemma O'Connor's deliciously twisted "Dinner with Annie"...Sarah Webb reveals "How Emily Got Promoted" -- and how a little bit of luck can make a working girl's day.Plus other wonderful entries fromUna Brankin · Marita Conlon-McKenna · Martina Devlin Clare Dowling · Catherine Foley · Áine Greaney · Suzanne Higgins · Rosaleen Linehan · Joan O'Neill · Julie Parsons · Deirdre Purcell · Morag Prunty · Tina Reilly · Mary Ryan · Annie Sparrow
The elderly witness to a murder in Dublin in the 1940s is killed in what seems to be a hit-and-run accident. Her daughter questions this verdict, and in doing so, exposes herself to danger.
A mystery is set in motion by the discovery of an extra coffin when a plot of land containing a small graveyard is sold off. This high-tension psychological crime novel moves between the locations of Dublin and Oxford.
Zehn Jahre nach dem ungeklärten Mord an Evangeline Walter will Gil, der Sohn des Verdächtigen V.J. Sweeney, das Geheimnis um den Mord aufdecken, egal zu welchem Preis.
Durch Zufall Stösst Eine Junge Englische Polizistin Auf Die Spur Eines Weit In Die Vergangeheit Reichenden Verbrechens, Das Mit Dem Verschwinden Von Zwei Alten Männern Zusammenhängen Muss.
Grace Hartfield erhält ein amtliches Schreiben über die Erbschaft ihrer seit langem totgeglaubten Schwester Eileen und den Selbstmord ihrer unbekannten Nichte Bid. Auf der Suche nach den Hintergründen der drei Toten stößt sie auf dunkle Geheimnisse aus ihrer Kindheit.
