Review: The Ruin

The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Set in Galway, but much different than the Jack Taylor series!

This detective was in Dublin, but moved to Galway when his girlfriend receives a grant at the university there. He isn't that happy with the move, since it's a step down from Dublin Castle, but he is determined to make it work. Given the cold cases, he knows he's being humiliated, but it's even worse when his fellow detectives seem to be shunning him and making his life miserable. Turns out that a case he worked years ago is reopened, and he's in the thick of a mess. Lots of turns and twists in this one, but there is enough foreshadowing that you know what happens before the end. I wanted more of a surprise instead of learning that I was right.

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