‘LUSBY IS PARTICULARLY GOOD AT EVOKING ATMOSPHERE AND THE NARRATIVE CONTROL IS EXCELLENT. HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO REVEAL AT EACH STAGE, ENRICHING THE TEXTURE OF THE NOVEL BY SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD-PERSON NARRATORS.’ SHOTS MAGAZINE ONLINE

Detective Inspector Carl McCadden is sent to a remote village in West Cork to investigate the murder and sexual mutilation of a woman in her nineties, who has been living as a recluse. Local police believe that she was killed in the course of a bungled robbery and they arrest two suspects.  McCadden has his own theories and – as a hated outsider – he has to overcome a whole series of obstacles before he can put them to the test.

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