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The Darkest Place

An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery (Book 4)

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'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

(P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited

Critics Review

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
Author Jo Spain
Narrator Aoife McMahon
Series An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery
Duration 9 hours and 9 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781787477124
Format Audiobook
Publisher Quercus
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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