{"product_id":"the-ruin-cormac-reilly-book-1-dervla-mctiernan","title":"The Ruin : Cormac Reilly Book 1 - Dervla McTiernan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 894px;\" class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-book-detailsdesc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eLove a good book set in Ireland - even better, a series.  There is a lot of reading in this dual timeline crime novel.  Not one you can read lightly.  Alongside the corruption and cover up's is a really sad story.  Absolutely enjoyed this one - looking forward to The Scholar now.  Sara \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-book-detailsdesc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Top Ten fiction bestseller and critically acclaimed crime debut featuring everyone's favourite new detective, Cormac Reilly.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-book-detailsdesc\"\u003eGalway 1993: Young Garda Cormac Reilly is called to a scene he will never forget.  Two silent, neglected children - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack - are waiting for him at a crumbling country house.  Upstairs, their mother lies dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years later, a body surfaces in the icy black waters of the River Corrib.  At first it looks like an open-and-shut case, but then doubt is cast on the investigation's findings - and the integrity of the police.  Cormac is thrown back into the cold case that has haunted him his entire career - what links the two deaths, two decades apart?  As he navigates his way through police politics and the ghosts of the past, Detective Reilly uncovers shocking secrets and finds himself questioning who among his colleagues he can trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat really did happen in that house where he first met Maude and Jack?  \u003cem\u003eThe Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland and asks who will protect you when the authorities can't - or won't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-subtitle\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-subtitle\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eFirst in the bestselling Cormac Reilly crime thriller series, from the author of WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA and perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Ann Cleeves and Hayley Scrivenor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ruin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is spectacularly good.  So CONFIDENT ... excellently written and, at times, heartachingly sad' Marian Keyes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Corruption, clandestine cover-ups and criminal conspiracy ... as moving as it is fast-paced' Val McDermid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Dervla McTiernan's first novel outclasses some of the genre's stalwarts making her a crime writer to watch ... fans of Ian Rankin and Tana French will feel right at home' Bookseller + Publisher (4.5 stars)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45603585228954,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/The-Ruin-Dervla-McTiernan-9781460755402.jpg?v=1742168556","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/the-ruin-cormac-reilly-book-1-dervla-mctiernan","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}