Where They Lie: The thrillingly atmospheric debut from an exciting new voice in crime fiction
English
By (author): Claire Coughlan
A superb novel, evoking a bygone era when women could not afford to put a foot wrong
SUNDAY TIMES
This isn't just a mystery novel: it's a window into a vanished world
TANA FRENCH
Some stories demand to be told. They keep coming back,
echoing down through the decades, until they find a teller . . .
Dublin, 1943
Actress Julia Bridges disappears.
Her body is never found.
Dublin, 1968
The bones of Julia Bridges are discovered in a back garden.
Nicoletta Sarto, an ambitious junior reporter for the Irish Sentinel, investigates the mystery of Julias disappearance, drawing her into the tangled underworld of the illegal abortion industry.
But some stories remain a mystery for a reason, and its not long before this one stirs up buried secrets from Nicolettas own past. Secrets that perhaps should stay buried . . .
'A thrillingly dark and atmospheric tale, richly evocative of its time' JOHN BANVILLE
'Atmospheric and absorbing, . . . A dark and turbulent journey to unexpected truths VAL McDERMID
A dark, gorgeously-written thriller NICCI FRENCH
Atmospheric, authentic, and almost unbearably poignant . . . transports the reader back in time while holding up a mirror to the present. A must-read ERIN KELLY
'Gripping and brilliantly atmospheric' RODDY DOYLE
Deliciously evocative and atmospheric . . . a shocking story, stylishly told
IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT