'A deeply satisfying read' Sunday Times
Christmas Day, and DCI Tom Reynolds receives an alarming call. A mass grave has been discovered on Oileán na Caillte, the island which housed the controversial psychiatric institution St. Christina's. The hospital has been closed for decades and onsite graves were tragically common. Reynolds thinks his adversarial boss is handing him a cold case to sideline him.
But then it transpires another body has been discovered amongst the dead - one of the doctors who went missing from the hospital in mysterious circumstances forty years ago. He appears to have been brutally murdered.
As events take a sudden turn, nothing can prepare Reynolds and his team for what they are about to discover once they arrive on the island . . .
PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN'S TOM REYNOLDS SERIES
'A stunning read' Woman's Way
'Refreshing and full of twists' Express
'Clever, pacey, compulsive' Sunday Mirror
'Expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely' Irish Independent
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781786483966
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 252 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
Deft plotting and expert handling of tension make for an intelligent mystery - Guardian
Absolutely my comfort reading - Ann Cleeves
Packed with fascinating details . . . this is a satisfying mystery - Irish Independent
Atmospheric and compelling - Sinéad Crowley
Jo Spain's vivid thriller explores the dark secrets from Ireland's past that continue to haunt Irish society today - Martin Sixsmith, author of Philomena
In a very strong year for Irish crime-fiction debuts, Jo Spain's With Our Blessing is among the most assured . . . With Our Blessing picks at the scabs of recent Irish history to reveal raw and gaping wounds - Irish Times
Spain's vivid thriller explores the dark secrets of Ireland's past - Irish Country Living
Brilliant! Fast paced, well researched and sensitive. Jo Spain is a sparkling new talent - Irish Examiner
Fiendishly clever . . . and a big fat twist is lobbed into the ending like a hand grenade - Irish Sunday Independent
Reliably assured plotting, sympathetic characters - and something horrifyingly dark lurking at the edges - make Spain's latest DCI Tom Reynolds title a deeply satisfying read - Sunday Times
Another great novel from Jo Spain. Her writing just gets better.
DCI Tom Reynolds is handed a cold case to investigate but soon things start to warm up. This book gives the reader insight into the awful and disturbing...
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This is the first of the Tom Reynolds series I have read, and will be starting the at the beginning.
What a rollercoaster ride from start to finish, with so many twists and turns this book is completely gripping....
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I've not read the other books in this series, but I will be doing. Loved the pace of the book, the people, the setting. It's nicely grim yet has plenty of humour along the way. Certainly well written,... More
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