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Dervla McTiernan (Author), Aoife McMahon (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher)

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Cormac Reilly is about to reopen the case that took him 20 years to forget.... The most addictive crime fiction debut of 2018.

"The Ruin is spectacularly good. So confident...excellently written and, at times, heartcatchingly sad." (Marian Keyes, author of The Woman Who Stole My Life)

Galway 1993: Young Garda Cormac Reilly is called to a scene he will never forget. Two silent, neglected children - 15-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack - are waiting for him at a crumbling country house. Upstairs, their mother lies dead.

Twenty 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? As 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.

What really did happen in that house where he first met Maude and Jack? The Ruin draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland and asks who will protect you when the authorities can't - or won't.

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10 hours and 25 minutes
Author

Dervla McTiernan
Narrator

Aoife McMahon
Audible release date

14 March 2018
Language

English
Publisher

HarperAudio
ASIN

B07BDM6DCP
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	10 hours and 25 minutes
Author	Dervla McTiernan
Narrator	Aoife McMahon
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	14 March 2018
Publisher	HarperAudio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07BDM6DCP
Best Sellers Rank	211 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 5 in Police Procedural Mysteries 11 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 16 in Suspense

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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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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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Awesome Crime Thriller

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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Excellent debut novel

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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BruceMc

Great first novel from an Irish writer to watch

Reviewed in Australia on 8 May 2020

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After a good career with a special squad in Dublin, Detective Sergeant Cormac Reilly has followed his girlfriend to Galway. He is put onto a cold case from twenty years before when he had been the attending guard (policeman). Tragically, the son of the dead woman from all those years ago has died in what appears to have been a suicide. But Cormac is being marginalised all around, so much so that other people are interfering in the case, even the man he thought was his best friend. It seems that his career is on the skids. Can he overcome all of the restraints and solve the case? Or will someone else take credit? Or will the guards (police) work together to solve it?

I thought this was a well-crafted story. The descriptions of the settings made me feel I was present and witnessing the events as they unfolded. The characters are well-drawn and believable. Although the story was a little slow to start, the suspense soon rose high enough to make it difficult to put the book down. I gave the book 5 stars.

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Peter - The Reading Desk

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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Cartyan

A believable detective story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2018

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Not often am I eager to get back to a story these days. This was exciting and believable. I gave a great sigh of relief when no romantic links ran parallel with the main plot.
I look forward to reading more by this author.

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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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Xamonas

A tightly plotted rollercoaster of a novel!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 March 2018

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I was gripped from start to finish. All of the layers of secrets were peeled back at exactly the right pace to make finishing a chapter into nothing more than an imperative to start the next!

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Really liked the book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2019

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It was well written with the tale well weaved. As Cormac had met Maude, I thought that somehow they would have been more involved in the book. The rot in the police station, the dreadful cases of abuse, so extreme that children had to take matters into their own hand really left a sour taste in my mouth. As for Jack’s case, at times, Aisling really got on my nerves. I know she was young and was grieving but her naivety was annoying. I mean she’s a doctor in a hospital already exposed to awful things so I would have thought she would have been more open to the possibility of foul play. Her attitude was also odd. On one hand she got upset at Maude for pushing and was disgusted by her because of what she has done(without really getting all the facts, by again burying her head in the sand) and on the other hand she decides to play Sherlock Holmes. Also after the police attitude, Maude’s lack of trust and arrest, why would she rush into a police station and randomly drop evidence? After she met Reilly wouldn’t it have made more sense for her to give it to him directly? Obviously this evidence could fall into the wrong hands. At the denouement, her attitude was also strange. If I’m scared given what going on and I come home and hear the TV, I definitely don’t go inside and call the police. I was a bit disappointed that more of the corruption wasn’t exposed but I imagine it will happen in the rest of the series. I know the book was mainly about police work however more than once the author alluded to a situation with Emma in Dublin, I would have like to know exactly what happened as it was obviously used to cast doubts about Cormac’s character.

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