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When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell her it was suicide. A surgical resident, she throws herself into study and work, trying to forget -- until Jack's sister Maude shows up. Maude suspects foul play, and she is determined to prove it.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Platinum Spotlight Series; Large type / Large print edition (1 December 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 500 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1643580132
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643580135
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.99 x 2.79 x 22.1 cm

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Award-winning, number one bestseller Dervla McTiernan has established herself as one of the biggest names in crime fiction. Her books have garnered critical acclaim around the world and sold over 400,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand alone.

In 2022, McTiernan returns with her first ever standalone thriller, The Murder Rule. Inspired by the true story of a young law student who worked at the Innocence Project and eventually uncovered evidence which exonerated a man who had been in prison for 26 years, McTiernan has created an unforgettable, twisty thriller – the must-read novel of the year.

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Dervla McTiernan’s debut novel, The Rúin, is a critically acclaimed international bestseller published around the world. The Rúin won the Ned Kelly, Davitt and Barry Awards and was shortlisted for numerous others. It was on the Amazon US Best Book of the Year list 2018 and screen rights were snapped up by Colin Farrell’s production company and Hopscotch Features. Dervla’s second book, The Scholar, won the International Thriller Award and debuted straight into the Nielsen Bookscan Top 5 on release in 2019, and her third, The Good Turn, went straight to no.1, confirming her place as one of Australia's best crime writers.

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Martin Barrett

Brilliant Debut

Reviewed in Australia on 25 February 2018

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As a former UK cop I don't usually like crime novels. Too much detail is usually wrong and the tone of interactions between police officer an colleagues is rarely accurate.

In "Ruin", Dervla McTiernan has managed to craft an intriguing and pacy storyline, while at the same time creating credible characters I now feel I would recognise if I passed them on the street. I could see the DS Reilly's squadroom, and taste the tension in that Galway police station.

I am looking forward to the next installment. Perhaps Cormac Reilly could find himself in Australia - it worked out pretty well for Harry Hole.

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Reviewed in Australia on 10 February 2019

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An awesome crime thriller, set in Ireland, that sees a young man named Jack commit suicide, for apparently no reason. Jack had everything going for him, then suddenly one night he seemingly decides to jump off a bridge, or does he? Detective Cormac Reilly , is taken back to the past, 20 years ago, when he was sent out on his own to a scene in a crumbling old house, where a mother had overdosed on heroine, leaving her two traumatised children alone. The younger child was Jack who was taken to the hospital, while the older girl Maude, disappeared into the night, only to resurface for Jack's funeral twenty years later. Maude realises things don't add up about Jack's death and with the help of Jack's girlfriend Aisling, sets about investigating on her own. She soon finds footage from the bridge that proves that Jack was never there that night but the police just brush the two young women off. Cormac, who has just transferred to the police station at Galway, is very much on the outer, and is being assigned only cold cases. One that ends upon his desk is the suicide of Jack and Maude's mother all those years ago. He soon realises all is not as it seems in that case, and it could well prove to be something from then has triggered the current events surrounding Jack and his family. Tensions are running high amongst the Guarda, and as an outsider Cormac can feel it, but doesn't know the source, and how it's affecting the events of today. How he will get to the truth?
All in all The Ruin is an intricate tale of deceit and lies. It's gripping and exciting, and I found I didn't want to put it down until everything was resolved, which kept me up well into the night. Recommended for all lovers of crime and mysteries.

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Brilliant debut novel

Reviewed in Australia on 16 April 2018

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Dervla McTiernan's The Ruin is (insert favourite superlative here). I think I came across this as a recommendation from Adrian Mckinty and was engrossed from the beginning. Cormac Reilly, formerly of an elite Irish anti-terrorist unit, has returned to Galway to support his partners career and finds himself practically starting again in a new station. He finds himself working the cold case of a woman whose death from a heroin overdose never really seemed to be of her own doing and Jack, the orphaned little boy he took from the house, has just turned up dead from an apparent suicide. The thing is Jack's partner and his sister are convinced he wasn't suicidal but the police don't believe them and don't want to investigate it.

McTiernan's portrayal of the characters is masterful and the way they develop across the book leaves you wondering where this is all going to go. Who do you believe and who can you trust? Her portrayal of places paints a picture for the reader, and while it be a slightly dark and depressing painting, it carries a certain romance and works on so many levels.

I can comfortably give this book 5 stars as I really couldn't put it down and found myself second guessing my second guesses about the plot direction. If, and I suspect she will, McTiernan can back this novel up then there will be one serious new player in the crime fiction field.

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Reviewed in Australia on 2 June 2021

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I’m not sure how I found this author on Amazon, but can I say I’m delighted I did. I connected with Cormac Reilly immediately. An intelligent detective saw change coming in his high flying career in Dublin, and it clicked with his partner Emma’s success in a research grant so, they move to Galway. The local constabulary is less than welcome and set about offering him every dead-end cold case available. Cormac is an intelligent player and keeps his frustrations to himself.
Meanwhile, he reconnects with a case when he first started as a policeman. The story is told from three different points of view, which is where the author demonstrated real skill. It could have been so confusing, but each character had different motivations that, as a reader, I grasped. I would love to say more about this book, but the plotting was so interesting I won’t spoil it for readers who might discover this author.

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A twisty character-driven drama with a thrilling conclusion

Reviewed in Australia on 27 August 2020

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Having read The Scholar (Cormac Reilly #2) last year, I have been looking forward to the opportunity to backtrack and read the first instalment in Dervla McTiernan's Cormac Reilly series.
In this book, Reilly is feeling like an outsider after his transfer to Galway from the high-flying Dublin-based terrorism squad. Neither the hierarchy nor his detective colleagues seem pleased to have him around, and he's biding his time on frustrating cold case reviews.
When the body of 20-something Engineer Jack Blake is pulled from the River Corrib on St. Patrick's Day weekend, a presumed suicide, it proves a blast from the past for Reilly. In his first month as a gardai, over 20 years ago, he was the attending officer following the sudden death of Blake's mother, and had briefly taken charge of the 5-year-old Jack and his older sister, Maude.
What follows is a twisty and sometimes dark character-driven drama, as Reilly attempts to tease out any connection between the two deaths, in spite of the obstacles continually being placed in his way.
I really felt engaged with the large cast of characters, and was shocked with the surprising conclusion. Now waiting impatiently for my name to come to the top of the holds list for Cormac Reilly #3, The Good Turn!

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Absolutely brilliant murder mystery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2018

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The Ruin is a fantastic crime murder mystery story with multiple fascinating plot threads that the brilliantly drawn characters get to weave in and out of. Each and every character adds intriguing suspicion, hidden agendas and background, to the story. The plotting is very clever and delicate layers of deceit from suspects, family and the police, ensure this is a spellbinding read from the first page to last.

As a rookie cop in 1993, Garda Cormac Reilly attended a remote house on a call of domestic violence to find a dead mother, from an apparent drug overdose, and two children, 15-year-old Maude Blake and her 5-year-old brother Jack, both malnourished and both with bruising. Jack is so bad that Cormac takes him to the hospital in Galway along with his sister. Maude absconds and even a distressed Cormac manages to let the thoughts of her, and Jack left alone and placed into foster care, drift from his mind.

In 2013, Garda Cormac Reilly returns with his partner Emma, to Galway after a stellar Detective Sergeant career in Dublin, to a situation where his boss has placed him on cold cases. Within the police station, Dervla McTiernan creates an enthralling atmosphere of internal politics, mistrust and suspicion of police corruption everywhere. Cormac feels it difficult to navigate and even his old friends are keeping secrets. A suicide is called in on St Patrick's Day and the person is identified as Jack. Maude returns from Australia for the first time in 20 years and with Jack’s pregnant partner Aisling, they question the evidence that relates to the supposed suicide and the glaring holes in the evidence. The police seem totally disinterested in pursuing any alternatives to suicide. Shortly after Cormac is handed a cold case, to investigate the death of Jack and Maude’s mother from 1993. Cormac knows he's a pawn in some greater game but is determined to conduct himself appropriately and not jump to decisions hastily. Dervla has written such an enthralling plot that is just mesmerising in its twisting possibilities.

I could connect with all the characters and empathise with particular ones and the dilemmas some face is deeply moving. The dialogue between them is flawless and Dervla has managed to use it sensibly where it's needed and has kept slang out for the benefit of a wider audience. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

I first received this book from Little Brown Book Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC version of the book in return for an honest review.

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saucey sue

Worthy of following.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 July 2018

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This book had a lot of hype through the media & sparked my interest with an Aussie/Irish author & the interview I heard of her on RTE1 radio. I loved the use of colloquial Irish language. The theme was good from past to present (cold case). The characters were plausible & human flaws present The relevant topics brought to light sensitively. What I would say is that it was to me not the usual gripping thriller reading I yearn for. However, at the end of the book there is a chapter of the follow on & I actually found this far more inviting, so I will most definitely be following this up when published.

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Ninaminacat

Great characterisation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2018

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After an exhilarating start, I found this a slow burn, maybe at times a little too slow, since at one stage I was considering a 3 star rating. The revelations come gradually and inexorably, so that the final denouement is the logical conclusion yet leaves just a little room for surprises. There is some tension as the situation evolves and, towards the end, some real page-turning excitement. However it is the characters who win the day, Aisling and Cormac, being by far the strongest and most convincing. But the end of the book, I really felt as if I knew them personally and was delighted to find that a second novel, "The Scholar", featuring them was due to be published next year.

Thank you, Dervla McTiernan, for creating such realistic, human characters that I really want to watch them interact and grow.

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StephenF-2008

A story that immerses you.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2018

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I am not a litany critic but I read a lot and enjoy an eclectic mix that excludes sci-fi and horror. I prefer reading non US writers but then include a number of regulars from the other side of the Pond. I sometimes struggle to find new authors.

I became totally immersed in the plot and the actors. I found myself urging on some players and wanting to add my bit to others. Wikipedia helped with how I should be pronouncing some of the names! The stories in the overall plot thew further light on my now dead Mother in law's stories of her childhood much of which was spent in an Irish Catholic convent school and a small Southern Ireland town. I an't remember the last book that I have read in which I have felt so involved.

My only beef is how long that I am going to have to wait for the sequel. 🤧 It's ordered

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Surprising find

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2018

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Every now and then when scanning books to read I find a gem that I cannot put down...that was The Ruin. Great story that can be read in one go or put down and pick up as I did. I know I have read a book I like, with a good plot and easy to read when I check to see if the Author has written any more still looking. I have never read a book that gave me some information that when I looked for it I learnt about Google time line which I never knew existed. Liked this book and would recommend it.

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