The Scholar – Book 2 of the Cormac Reilly Series
About the book
When Detective Cormac Reilly’s girlfriend Emma stumbles across the victim of a hit and run early one morning, he is first on the scene of a murder that would never have been assigned to him.
The investigation promises to be high profile and high pressure: the dead girl is carrying an ID, that of Carline Darcy, heir apparent to Ireland’s most successful pharmaceutical company. Darcy Therapeutics has a finger in every pie, including the laboratory where Emma works.
As Cormac investigates, evidence mounts that the death is linked to the lab and, increasingly, to Emma herself. Cormac is sure she couldn’t be involved, but how well does he really know her? After all, this isn’t the first time Emma’s been accused of murder . . .
For readers who like intelligent crime novels that explore power, corruption, and the quiet ways institutions protect themselves.
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Other Books in the series
Book 1
The Ruin
Galway 1993: Young Garda Cormac Reilly is called to a scene he will never forget. Two silent, neglected children - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack - are waiting for him at a crumbling country house. Their mother lies dead upstairs.
Book 3
The Good Turn
When police officer Peter Fisher is called to the scene of a supposed prank call, irritation turns to fear when he realises that there is no joke. A young boy says he witnessed a little girl being bundled into the boot of a car, and Peter believes him.
Book 4
The Unquiet Grave
For years the boglands of Northern Europe have given up bodies that are thousands of years old, uncannily preserved. Bodies with strange injuries that suggest ritual torture and human sacrifice.
Looking for more?
If you’ve finished the Cormac Reilly novels or want to explore more, take a look at the standalone thrillers or the Audio Novellas.
