When a turf cutter finds the preserved head of a young woman in an Irish peat bog, pathologist Nora Gavin and archaeologist Cormac Maguire are among the investigators called to the scene. Nora, an American who has come to Ireland to escape a tragic mystery in her own past, soon joins with Cormac to solve the question of the woman in the bog as well as the questions about a missing mother and son that are raised by their investigation. This is an evocative and beautifully-written mystery.

posted Apr 26, 2007 at 10:43AM

Immerse yourself in the culture and countryside of Ireland in this atmospheric mystery. As Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin try to indentify the remains of a young woman found in a peat bog, they are also drawn into the recent mystery of the disappearance of Mina Osbourne and her young son.

posted Sep 2, 2011 at 2:15PM

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