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I may have found a new mystery series to read (tagged) with Cormac Reilly as MC.

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Second in the series featuring DS Cormac Reilly and is just as good as the first. I flew through it.

Book 2 of Cormac Reilly series
Cormac's girlfriend Emma calls in a panic, she's found a dead body outside her laboratory. It may be the granddaughter of the pharmaceutical giant who who owns the lab. Cormac is put in charge of the case, and works to keep Emma from becoming involved. Lots of twists as the case moves forward, especially trying to find out who the girl is and why she's trying to get in the lab. ⬇️

This was the second book in the series 📖 There was a pretty solid plot twist! When a girl is found dead on campus all fingers point to a top secret university project.. but what happens when the deceased didn‘t even attend the university in question? Why was she there?

Book 135/2022 Finished 29/6/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Audiobook,

So I was slammed at work yesterday and tried to quickly post my #AHRS before it got too late, and I failed to post the other picture that I took of the glorious wrapping paper (and chocolates 😉!) from @Avanders .. so here it is! I love love love it! 💀 💀

This was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. This is the second of a series but I was able to jump into it ok. A little of the first book is spoiled but not too much. I did not figure out the case at all. I think the main detective is an interesting character so I‘m looking forward to reading more of the series.

Loving this series on audio--I have The Good Turn next in line!

Not quite as good as the first one (some of the characters' decisions really annoyed me) but overal a strong listen with an engaging storyline. Hoping to keep the ball rolling with the third installment!

Tagged book is current read.

Solid! I haven‘t read the first of this series but I enjoyed this one. Well paced and an interesting mystery at the center. Strong ending as well. I liked the multiple perspectives.

Not much more to say, really. If you like this sort of mystery thriller you will probably enjoy it!

A woman is run down in Galway in a clear vehicular murder, complicated by the lead detective‘s girlfriend finding the body. Also, the dead woman was carrying someone else‘s ID. This is a good mystery/police procedural that feels realistic. I liked her first book, too, and look forward to reading more from McTiernan.

#bookspinbingo audio edition

While the rest of the family is sleeping I finished this audiobook and my second book for #superseptember 🤗 This book was just as good as the first in the series. Cormac Reilly is a very intuitive detective and I really love how he handles everyone who underestimates him. He proves them wrong every time! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This was a good ride, though it stuck a little with me how mindlessly juvenile things were at times. Yes, more than likely a fair-on depiction of a cop transferring to a new precinct when that precinct is questionable, but by the third time I want to box one the garda‘s ears for being as dumb as a bag of rocks just for the sake of being contrary, it got a little old.

Best audiobooks are with an accent! It really helps make the atmosphere real. Working on another series!

This is another crime thriller that kept me turning pages and thinking till the end. It delves into corporate corruption and ethics. I really like Dervla McTiernans writing, her well drawn characters and atmospheric settings. Her first novel The Ruin and this are both well worth reading ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My week ahead will be back to Thomas Cromwell and to Edinburgh with James Oswald who I have not read before...and my crotchet..hugs to everyone💕

Another great, fast-paced police procedural. I enjoy that Cormac Reilly is strong, but flawed. Also, I hate Moira with every fiber of my being 🤣
The third book, for some reason, is not available in the US- even on Kindle. I assume the reason is COVID related. I hope I can read it soon!
4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

I enjoyed the first book so much that I decided to download and dive right into book 2 of the Cormac Reilly series. I am on a staycation this week and getting lots of reading done!

A break from medieval history with a crime novel set in Ireland in 2014. I loved Dervla McTiernan‘s first novel The Ruin and this one is a page turner too so far. It has the same likeable police investigator Cormac Reilly in both books.
Hope you are enjoying your day friends😊

Next audiobook up!

Books I read in February 📚

… good people did bad things all the time, they were just a bit more inventive at finding justification for it …

I read the first two books in this series at record speed. One day I hope to have the patience to go back and reread them at the pace they deserve.

Hmmm, this was ok. It‘s the second in a series by an Irish-born, Perth-residing author. I read the first The Ruin a while ago & quite liked it.

I received The Scholar in my book club Secret Santa. I really think I might be “over” crime fiction, because it seems everyone else loved this one. Towards the end I struggled to remain engaged.
🤷‍♀️ #unpopularopinion

Such a good series. Can‘t wait for the end of feb when the next one is out

Finished up the Scholar today during afternoon tea at Chateau Lake Louise. I think I enjoyed The Ruin more but it‘s close... I‘ll definitely be reading the next in the series when it comes out. I enjoyed getting to know Carrie and Emma a bit more but found things a little too easy to piece together - I was yelling about one of the twists almost immediately!

8:30 isn‘t too early for a snack, right? We‘re in Banff for a couple of days and I‘m starting my day off with my book, a latte and a scone before heading off to skate on Lake Louise.

I read this for the Girly Book Club, and I had read the first in this series. I liked this read better than the first.
This one was very unpredictable. Cormac's girlfriend happens upon a dead co-ed, and becomes the number one suspect. Things are not what they seem.
I enjoyed digging deeper into Cormac's character, who is flawed in many ways, yet easy to like. Looking forward to reading more.

Love these women. Our club has been meeting for 23 years, with three of us being original members. @Jeg sad you couldn‘t make it today 🙁.

We have a tradition of Secret Santa book-giving for Christmas & I got the tagged book, which I‘m pretty happy about since I read & enjoyed her first book, The Ruin. This is her second 👍🙏. #grateful

I enjoyed this just as much as the first book in the series. It was nice to get more from the POV of Carrie. The personal connection of the mystery to Cormac and Emma definitely raised the tension. Similar to the first book, the discovery of different clues is paced well, and there are enough little twists that kept me guessing killer until very close to when it was revealed. The audiobook narrator is fantastic.

#GratefulReads #bookandbeverage #Day8
The Westin Hotel Boston Waterfront houses a Starbucks. Started my morning with coffee. Later today I plan to venture out in the cold & visit some local coffee shops nearby.

#NamasteNovember #SpinePoem2
I traveled by bus to Boston last night to meet my sister. I have a kindle so I traveled light with these books. So two book spine poetry!
I am so excited! My sister is at a nurse practitioners‘ conference and she invited me to join her until Monday! Lovely hotel near the waterfront. Plan to read today, drink coffee, take a walk, maybe hot tub....☕️🏙📚 The day is wide open.

#GratefulReads #lookingforwardtoreading #Day1
These are a few books I am looking forward to reading this month.
#buddyread #LilliRead #botmbuddyread #mybookclubpicks

#ScaryScavengerHunt #ThatsOver200Pages This thriller is doing double duty for my #Scareathlon point tally. It‘s worth 2 points for being on theme for #TeamSlaughter plus 1point for fulfilling the scavenger hunt prompt, then another point for a participation post! That‘s 4points for 1 book. Not bad hey. Helps that it was quite a good book, the 2nd in the Cormac Reilly series, a DI in Galway, Ireland. #PointsTotal-24

After falling asleep and having a “nanna nap” while listening to The Witness, I‘m now awake & alert enough to get back into this thriller based in Galway, Ireland. I should finish this tonight, not sure if I‘ll follow up with some more #audiojournaling or another book off my #Scareathlon #TBR Any preferences from my team mates? #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-18

Up next in my #Scareathlon playlist is this thriller by Irish/Australian author McTiernan,the 2nd in a series. Dr Emma Sweeney finds a body outside Galway University one night, a victim of a hit & run.When she calls her partner,DI Cormac Reilly, he discovers it‘s the heir to a pharmaceutical company & a student.When the case starts to point to Emma‘s lab, Cormac comes under a lot of pressure to solve the case 1point. #TeamSlaughter #PointsTotal-16

My current listen!! I'm having to find different reasons to keep on listening!!

#audio #awwc

Husband is painting our spare bedroom; I am reading. Looking forward to a quiet Sunday!

Brought this book all the way to Ireland with me to read and it never left the bag because I had no time to read and can‘t read in a moving car. So now it‘s come to the beach back in NY!

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Just finished on a wild and woolly morning here in Perth. I think I liked this better than her first, though both are very good. Look forward to the next one due out in 2020. Love that she lives here now. @MrsMalaprop

Cormac Reilly is finally given the chance to escape from cold cases, to take over a new homicide investigation. His partner Emma discovers the victim of a fatal hit and run,whose father is the head of a big pharma company which is funding Emma‘s research research. Cormac has enemies, powerful interests dictating the investigation parameters, and for a dreadful time he begins to doubt Emma. Excellent follow up to The Ruin;fast and fun.

Another classy, pacy police procedural from Dervla McTiernan. Not quite as twisty as her first novel, but still a great example of the genre and we are all just a little bit in love with DS Cormack Reilly #aussieapril #AWW2019

Excellent plot that kept you guessing! I love McTiernan‘s detail and poise. Cormoran is a believable, troubled detective!

#BookMail Pt8 This is the authors 2nd novel which was released last week. I‘ve been very lucky to be able find signed copies of so many books from Booktopia.com.au Waterstones.com & Goldsboro.com plus from book sub boxes. I‘m planning on making a section just for them.DS Cormac Reilly is back.When his girlfriend Emma stumbles across a hit&run victim he‘s first on the scene of a murder he wouldn‘t have gotten otherwise. Then Emma becomes a suspect.