The Scholar by Dervla Mctiernan

The Scholar by Dervla Mctiernan

From international #1 bestselling author of The Ruin and The Murder Rule comes a compulsive crime thriller set in the fiercely competitive, cutthroat world of research and academia, where the brightest minds will stop at nothing to succeed.

When Dr. Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit-and-run outside Galway University early one morning, she calls her boyfriend, Detective Cormac Reilly, bringing him first to the scene of a murder that would otherwise never have been assigned to him. The dead girl is carrying an ID that will put this crime at the center of a scandal--her card identifies her as Carline Darcy, heir apparent to Darcy Therapeutics, Ireland's most successful pharmaceutical company. Darcy Therapeutics has a finger in every pie, from sponsoring university research facilities to funding political parties to philanthropy--it has even funded Emma's own ground-breaking research.

As the murder investigation twists in unexpected ways and Cormac's running of the case comes under scrutiny from the department and his colleagues, he is forced to question himself and the beliefs that he has long held as truths. Who really is Emma? And who is Carline Darcy?

A gripping and atmospheric follow-up to The Ruin, an "expertly plotted, complex web of secrets that refuse to stay hidden" (Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's Daughter), The Scholar is perfect for fans of Tana French and Flynn Berry.

Dervla McTiernan is an Australian mental health worker who was born in Ireland and now lives with her family in Australia. Her debut novel is The Ruin.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780143133698
ISBN 10	0143133691
Title	The Scholar
Author	Dervla Mctiernan
Series	A Cormac Reilly Mystery
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2019-05-14
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.