![]() ![]() struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his professional life, he unearths a community’s worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regrets.ĭarkly comic, at times profoundly sad, and “especially inviting because of its tongue-in-cheek wit” ( Kirkus Reviews), Holding is a masterful debut. ![]() So when human remains-suspected to be those of Tommy Burke, a former lover of both Brid and Evelyn-are discovered on an old farm, the village’s dark past begins to unravel. Collins hasn’t always been this overweight Brid Riordan, a mother of two, hasn’t always been an alcoholic and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn’t always felt that her life was a total waste. The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama, and yet its inhabitants are troubled: Sergeant P.J. “With its tale of provincial life, gimlet-eyed spinsters, and thwarted love…it feels almost like a Miss Marple mystery written by Colm Tóibín” ( The New York Times). From Graham Norton-the BAFTA Award–winning and hugely popular BBC America television host-comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime. ![]()
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