A romantic trip that goes wrong...
Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and in love. Until they leave for a weekend in a cabin in the woods, and only Simon comes home.
A girl who vanishes into thin air...
Simonâs version of events doesnât add up. And soon, Nina and Simonâs families are locked in a battle of accusations and lies.
A fight to discover the truth...
As Simonâs parents hire expensive lawyers to protect their son, all Ninaâs parents want is to find their daughter. And maybe if playing by the rules doesnât work, itâs time to break them...
You wonât want to miss this gripping, heart-stopping thriller!âA chilling taleâ Sunday Times
âSinuous and immaculately paced, there is a ferocious sting in the tale' Daily Mail
âMcTiernan brings real craft to her charactersâ Irish Times
'Almost painfully gripping...the last scene will make your blood run cold' New York Times
'Probably the best thriller I have read this year' Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond
'Utterly unputdownable' Jo Spain, author of The Trial
âLess page-turning than page-devouringâ Trent Dalton, author of Boy Swallows Universe
âAn unforgettable and deeply moving readâ Don Winslow, author of The Cartel
âI read the book in one long sitting, late into the nightâ T. J. Newman, author of Falling
âEveryoneâs going to be talking about that endingâ Sally Hepworth, author of The Mother-in-Law
Internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed writer Dervla McTiernan burst onto the writing scene with The Ruin, her crime debut set in Ireland. The Ruin is the first in the detective Cormac Reilly series and has been published in the United States, the UK and Ireland and in New Zealand and Australia, where it was a top ten bestseller.
Dervla spent twelve years working as a lawyer. Following the global financial crisis, she moved to Australia and turned her hand to writing. An avid fan of crime and detective novels from childhood, Dervla wrote a short story, The Roommate, which was shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Competition. She went on to write The Ruin, and a string of other bestsellers. Dervla is a member of the Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers Association, and lives in Perth, Australia, with her husband and two children.