{"product_id":"9781398521704","title":"Where They Lie : The thrillingly atmospheric debut from an exciting new voice in crime fiction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Claire Coughlan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 February 2024 by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e161 x 242 x 33mm | 558g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A superb novel, evoking a bygone era when women could not afford to put a foot wrong’SUNDAY TIMES ‘This isn't just a mystery novel: it's a window into a vanished world’TANA FRENCH Some stories demand to be told. They keep coming back, echoing down through the decades, until they find a teller . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDublin, 1943 Actress Julia Bridges disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her body is never found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Dublin, 1968 The bones of Julia Bridges are discovered in a back garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nicoletta Sarto, an ambitious junior reporter for the Irish Sentinel, investigates the mystery of Julia’s disappearance, drawing her into the tangled underworld of the illegal abortion industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut some stories remain a mystery for a reason, and it’s not long before this one stirs up buried secrets from Nicoletta’s own past. Secrets that perhaps should stay buried . . .  'A thrillingly dark and atmospheric tale, richly evocative of its time' JOHN BANVILLE 'Atmospheric and absorbing, . . . A dark and turbulent journey to unexpected truths’ VAL McDERMID ‘A dark, gorgeously-written thriller’ NICCI FRENCH  ‘Atmospheric, authentic, and almost unbearably poignant . . .  transports the reader back in time while holding up a mirror to the present. A must-read’ ERIN KELLY 'Gripping and brilliantly atmospheric' RODDY DOYLE ‘Deliciously evocative and atmospheric . . . a shocking story, stylishly told’IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Coughlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56154016055621,"sku":"9781398521704","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781398521704.jpg?v=1762273457","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781398521704","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}