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Murder on the Old Bog Road
2017
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3.65
Average Rating
171
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A woman is found dead in a ditch. As the list of suspects grows, a town’s dirty secrets are revealed. It’s a cold winter evening and rain is sweeping in from the Atlantic when a young woman, having braved the weather to visit her sick mother in a remote part of Ireland, comes across an obstacle in the road. She clears the highway of stones from a damaged bridge only to see the body of a woman in a ditch. With no phone reception, she travels to the nearest police station to report what she has found. The local Garda waste no time in attending the scene of the crime. The woman is clearly dead, but it needs proper forensics to establish if foul play was the cause. In the meantime, is it not possible that the woman driver was in fact the culprit? She is clearly not telling the whole truth. A game of cat and mouse ensues when the inquiry is upgraded to a murder investigation. The trouble is, when the victim is recognised as a sex worker, there is no shortage of possible suspects. And few of them, if any, are willing to tell the truth to the police. It will take all of Galway detectives Hays and Lyons’ experience to cut through the web of lies and identify the killer in their midst. MURDER ON THE OLD BOG ROAD is the first in a series of atmospheric crime fiction titles featuring Detective Inspector Mick Hays and Detective Sergeant Maureen Lyons. The second book, UNEQUAL SHARES, will be released in April, 2018. MURDER ON THE OLD BOG ROAD will appeal to fans of Val McDermid, Stuart McBride and Pete Brassett.

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Author

David Pearson
David Pearson
Author · 23 books

Author of the best selling Galway Homicide series, now with 13 books published, all featuring Michael Hays and Maureen Lyons. Now with a new gripping crime/fiction series set in Dublin featuring DI Aidan Burke and DS Fiona Moore. The fictional Hays & Lyons detective series based in Galway, brings a host of intriguing stories to the reader as the detectives wrestle with a surprising amount of crime in the region. The new series is a bit grittier, but should still appeal to readers who don't like too much gore! Look out for boxed sets (great value) and special offers on Amazon.

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