The Nameless Dead

Moving, beautifully writtenThe Times

Heart-breaking. The Nameless Dead is as good a novel of modern Ireland as youre likely to read this year, crime or otherwiseIrish Times
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You cant investigate the baby, Inspector. Its the law.

Declan Clearys body has never been found, but everyone believes he was killed for informing on a friend over thirty years ago. Now the Commission for Location of Victims Remains is following a tip-off that he was buried on the small isle of Islandmore, in the middle of the River Foyle.

Instead, the dig uncovers a babys skeleton, and it doesnt look like death by natural causes. But evidence revealed by the Commissions activities cannot lead to prosecution. Inspector Devlin is torn. He has no desire to resurrect the violent divisions of the recent past. Neither can he let a suspected murderer go unpunished.

Now the secret is out, more deaths follow. Devlin must follow his conscience - even when that puts those closest to him at terrible risk . . .

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Praise for Brian McGilloway:

DazzlingThe Guardian on Borderlands

A clever web of intrigue that deepens and darkens as it twists Peter James on Gallows Lane

Some of the very best crime fiction being written todayLee Child on Bad Blood