Borderlands (Ben Devlin Thriller 1)
Brian McGilloway
The corpse of local teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone-Donegal border, between the North and South of Ireland, in an area known as the borderlands. Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin heads the investigation: the only clues are a gold ring placed on the girl's finger and an old photograph, left where she died.
Then another teenager is murdered, and things become further complicated when Devlin unearths a link between the recent killings and the disappearance of a prostitute twenty-five years earlier - a case in which he believes one of his own colleagues is implicated.
As a thickening snow storm blurs the border between the North and South, Devlin finds the distinction between right and wrong, vengeance and justice, and even police-officer and criminal becoming equally unclear.
Then another teenager is murdered, and things become further complicated when Devlin unearths a link between the recent killings and the disappearance of a prostitute twenty-five years earlier - a case in which he believes one of his own colleagues is implicated.
As a thickening snow storm blurs the border between the North and South, Devlin finds the distinction between right and wrong, vengeance and justice, and even police-officer and criminal becoming equally unclear.
GENRE
Crime; Police Procedural; Thriller
UK PUBLICATION
June 2020
Crime; Police Procedural; Thriller
UK PUBLICATION
June 2020
Praise
"Dazzling."
Guardian
"A mystery of labyrinth complexity."
Sunday Telegraph
"Brian McGilloway's command of plot and assurance of language make it difficult to believe that Borderlands is his debut."
The Times
Guardian
"A mystery of labyrinth complexity."
Sunday Telegraph
"Brian McGilloway's command of plot and assurance of language make it difficult to believe that Borderlands is his debut."
The Times
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Ben Devlin Thriller series
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Rights Sales for BORDERLANDS
Germany: DuMont
World English Language: Constable, Little Brown UK
World English Language: Constable, Little Brown UK