Monday, February 28, 2022

THE RUIN - DERVLA MCTIERNAN

 

It's been twenty years since Cormac Reilly discovered the body of Hilaria Blake in her crumbling Georgian home. But he's never forgotten the two children she left behind...

When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell her it was suicide. A surgical resident, she throws herself into study and work, trying to forget - until Jack's sister Maude shows up. Maude suspects foul play, and she is determined to prove it.

DI Cormac Reilly is the detective assigned with the re-investigation of an 'accidental' overdose twenty years ago - of Jack and Maude's drug- and alcohol-addled mother. Cormac is under increasing pressure to charge Maude for murder when his colleague Danny uncovers a piece of evidence that will change everything...

I was so excited to read this one but again, I was left pretty disappointed. I loved the writing style and the plot but for some reason I found myself getting pretty bored and skipping pages/chapters. I can't even tell you how this one ended which is saying a lot. I will say, I'm not sure it has anything to do with the book because I know this is the first novel in the DI Cormac series. Maybe I'll give another book in the series a shot.

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