Duneen is a quiet place, far enough from the big towns to have kept its own rhythms. Its residents include castdown policeman PJ who lives a lonely, uneventful life punctuated only by the next meal – until now; the beautiful and mysterious family of three spinster sisters each with their own secrets and sorrows; and of course, the town’s gossip who think she knows the answers. When a grim discovery is made on a building site up by the old school, it becomes the catalyst for long buried secrets and rivalries to come to light and this silent, once innocent and repressed-seeming town is revealed to have a much darker, hungrier undertow.
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Heartwarming and observant
Poised and perceptive
Strenuously charming...surprisingly tender
Full of emotion and tense moments. You will be gripped from the first page.
Deeply accomplished, with brilliantly observed, entertaining characters and an atmospheric setting
An undercurrent of black comedy accompanies the ripples that ensue - but with a pathos that makes this deftly plotted story as moving as it is compelling.
One of the more authentic debuts I've read in recent years... A fine novel.
charming...thoughtfully done...highly enjoyable.