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Paula MaguireSeries

This series follows a forensic psychologist tackling complex and chilling cases within the unique landscape of Northern Ireland. Each installment delves into the dark secrets and psychological profiles of both perpetrators and victims. The narratives offer gripping suspense, unexpected twists, and are steeped in the region's distinct cultural and historical atmosphere.

The Silent Dead (Paula Maguire 3)
The Dead Ground (Paula Maguire 2)
The Lost
Blood Tide (Paula Maguire 5)
The Killing House (Paula Maguire 6)
A Savage Hunger

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  1. 1

    The Lost

    • 374 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    3.9(63)Add rating

    Not everyone who's missing is lost Hard-hitting and unputdownable, THE LOST follows Forensic psychologist Maguire back to her hometown in the search for two missing girls. This exhilarating introduction to the Paula Maguire series by Claire McGowan is sure to grip fans of Elly Griffiths and LJ Ross. 'Claire McGowan is a knockout new talent' - Lee Child When two teenage girls go missing along the Irish border, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire has to return to the hometown she left years before. Swirling with rumour and secrets, the town is gripped by fear of a serial killer. But the truth could be even darker. Not everyone who's lost wants to be found Surrounded by people and places she tried to forget, Paula digs into the cases as the truth twists further away. What's the link with two other disappearances from 1985? And why does everything lead back to the town's dark past- including the reasons her own mother went missing years before? Nothing is what it seems As the shocking truth is revealed, Paula learns that sometimes, it's better not to find what you've lost... What readers are saying about The Lost: 'Well written and keeps you guessing. The best book I have read this year' 'Fantastic read. Had me gripped from start to finish - I just couldn't put it down. Highly recommended' 'Compelling and thrilling. Claire McGowan has a clever ease of storytelling that draws you in and leaves you wanting more'

    The Lost
  2. 2

    The Dead Ground (Paula Maguire 2)

    • 408 pages
    • 15 hours of reading
    5.0(1)Add rating

    The second novel in the highly acclaimed Paula Maguire series and the gripping follow up to The Lost by Claire McGowan, who Lee Child proclaims as 'a knockout new talent'. The Dead Ground sees forensic psychologist Paula Maguire working in the missing persons unit in Northern Ireland, where there are many deadly secrets to dig up...

    The Dead Ground (Paula Maguire 2)
  3. 3

    The Silent Dead (Paula Maguire 3)

    • 390 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    3.9(31)Add rating

    Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in The Silent Dead, the third in Claire McGowan's hard-hitting crime series. Peter James calls it 'astonishing, powerful and immensely satisfying'. When a group of suspected bombers start turning up dead, Paula is faced with a challenging case with blurred moral boundaries between victim and perpetrator.

    The Silent Dead (Paula Maguire 3)
  4. 4

    A Savage Hunger

    Victim: Female. Twenty-two years of age. Reason for investigation: Missing person. ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin. Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic - the bones of a saint - and the only trace is the bloodstains on the altar. With no body to confirm death, the pressure in this high-profile case is all-consuming, and Paula knows that she will have to put her own life, including her imminent marriage, on hold, if they are to find the truth. A connection to a decades-old murder immediately indicates that all may not be as it seems; as the summer heat rises and tempers fray, can Alice be found or will they learn that those that are hungry for vengeance may be the most savage of all?

    A Savage Hunger
  5. 5

    Blood Tide (Paula Maguire 5)

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    3.8(20)Add rating

    Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in BLOOD TIDE, the fifth novel in Claire McGowan's series. Paula is sent to investigate the disappearance of a couple from a remote island off the Irish coast. For fans of Sharon Bolton's LITTLE BLACK LIES and Elly Griffiths' THE WOMAN IN BLUE.

    Blood Tide (Paula Maguire 5)
  6. 6

    The Killing House (Paula Maguire 6)

    • 336 pages
    • 12 hours of reading

    Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's highly acclaimed series. When a puzzling missing persons' case opens up in her hometown, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire can't help but return once more. For fans of Sharon Bolton's DAISY IN CHAINS and Elly Griffiths' THE WOMAN IN BLUE.

    The Killing House (Paula Maguire 6)