{"product_id":"the-ruin-by-dervla-mctiernan-9781460755402","title":"The Ruin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Top Ten fiction bestseller and critically acclaimed crime debut featuring everyone's favourite new detective, Cormac Reilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e is spectacularly good. So CONFIDENT ... excellently written and, at times, heartachingly sad' Marian Keyes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorruption, clandestine cover-ups and criminal conspiracy ... as moving as it is fast-paced' Val McDermid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDervla McTiernan's first novel outclasses some of the genre's stalwarts making her a crime writer to watch ... fans of Ian Rankin and Tana French will feel right at home' Bookseller + Publisher (4.5 stars)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGalway 1993: Young Garda Cormac Reilly is called to a scene he will never forget. Two silent, neglected children - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack - are waiting for him at a crumbling country house. Upstairs, their mother lies dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years later, a body surfaces in the icy black waters of the River Corrib. At first it looks like an open-and-shut case, but then doubt is cast on the investigation's findings - and the integrity of the police. Cormac is thrown back into the cold case that has haunted him his entire career - what links the two deaths, two decades apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he navigates his way through police politics and the ghosts of the past, Detective Reilly uncovers shocking secrets and finds himself questioning who among his colleagues he can trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat really did happen in that house where he first met Maude and Jack? \u003cem\u003eThe Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland and asks who will protect you when the authorities can't - or won't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46101569667308,"sku":"9781460755402","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781460755402.jpg?v=1736915893","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-ruin-by-dervla-mctiernan-9781460755402","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}