Try Before You Buy: Dervla McTiernan’s Fabulous New Novel, The Good Turn

Try Before You Buy: Dervla McTiernan’s Fabulous New Novel, The Good Turn

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The waiting room was ugly and neglected. It had been cleaned recently – the overpowering smell of disinfectant was testament to that – but in a desultory way that did nothing to brighten the grubby walls or lift years of ingrained dirt. The disinfectant failed to completely mask the smell of body odour and Anna sat with one hand tucked around her daughter’s and the other to her mouth and nose. The room was half full. Mostly addicts waiting for their methadone appointment, from the look of them. There was an old man in the corner, coughing and coughing with his mouth wide open. A wet, porridgey, stomach-churning cough. He choked, then coughed again, harder, and something splattered on the tiles in front of him. God. Anna looked away, squeezed Tilly’s hand for comfort. The little girl didn’t react. She was distracted, absorbed in reading the posters stuck to the noticeboard on the opposite wall. One poster dominated the board. It had a white background and jolly red letters, was a bit Christmassy looking.

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          Publisher details

          The Good Turn
          Author
          Dervla McTiernan
          Publisher
          HarperCollins
          Genres
          Australian Fiction, Crime Fiction
          Released
          24 February, 2020
          ISBN
          9781460756799

          Synopsis

          With her third novel Dervla McTiernan confirms she's a born storyteller' – Val McDermidThe unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The Ruin and The Scholar.Police corruption, an investigation that ends in tragedy and the mystery of a little girl's silence - three unconnected events that will prove to be linked by one small town.While Detective Cormac Reilly faces enemies at work and trouble in his personal life, Garda Peter Fisher is relocated out of Galway with the threat of prosecution hanging over his head. But even that is not as terrible as having to work for his overbearing father, the local copper for the pretty seaside town of Roundstone.For some, like Anna and her young daughter Tilly, Roundstone is a refuge from trauma. But even this village on the edge of the sea isn't far enough to escape from the shadows of evil men.
          Dervla McTiernan
          About the author

          Dervla McTiernan

          Dervla McTiernan's debut novel, The Ruin, was a critically acclaimed international bestseller published around the world. The Ruin won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, the Davitt Award for Best Adult Fiction and the Barry Award for Best Original Paperback, and was shortlisted for numerous other awards. It was on the Amazon US Best Book of the Year list in 2018 and screen rights were snapped up by Hopscotch Features. Dervla's second book, The Scholar, debuted into the Nielsen Bookscan Top 5 on release in 2019, and her third, The Good Turn, went straight to no.1, confirming her place as one of Australia's best crime writers. Born in County Cork, Ireland, to a family of seven, Dervla practised as a corporate lawyer for twelve years. Following the global financial crisis, she moved with her family to Western Australia, where she now lives with her husband and two children. An avid fan of crime and detective novels from childhood, Dervla now writes full time.

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