With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

THE TOP TEN IRISH BESTSELLER. Shortlisted for the 2015 Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition. Discover more DI Tom Reynolds with the next book in the series, Beneath the Surface. It's true what they say . . . revenge is sweet. 1975. A baby, minutes old, is forcibly taken from its devastated mother. 2010. The body of an elderly woman is found in a Dublin public park in the depths of winter. Detective Inspector Tom Reynolds is working the case. He's convinced the murder is linked to historical events that took place in the notorious Magdalene Laundries. Reynolds and his team follow the trail to an isolated convent in the Irish countryside. But once inside, it becomes disturbingly clear that the killer is amongst them . . . and is determined to exact further vengeance for the sins of the past.

Fiendishly clever . . and a big fat twist is lobbed into the ending like a hand grenade * Irish Sunday Independent *
Brilliant! Fast paced, well researched and sensitive. Jo Spain is a sparkling new talent * Irish Examiner *
Spain's vivid thriller explores the dark secrets of Ireland's past that are a real-life situation haunting so many people within Irish society today * Irish Country Living *
In a very strong year for Irish crime-fiction debuts, Jo Spain's With Our Blessing is among the most assured . . . With Our Blessing picks at the scabs of recent Irish history to reveal raw and gaping wounds * Irish Times *
Atmospheric and compelling * Sinead Crowley *
Spain handles the inevitable tensions with aplomb * Sunday Times *
Packed with fascinating details about the inner workings of Leinster House, this is a satisfying mystery * Irish Independent *
Absolutely my comfort reading * Ann Cleeves *
An uncomfortable read that delves into [a] country's dark secrets * Irish Independent *
Brilliant! Fast paced, well researched and sensitive. Jo Spain is a sparking new talent * Irish Examiner *
In a very strong year for Irish crime-fiction debuts, Jo Spain's With Our Blessing is among the most assured . . . The story is rooted in decades-old cruelty and abuse, but despite the vivid brutality with which Spain opens the novel the tale as a whole is a rather genteel affair, an old-fashioned harking back to Agatha Christie . . . The apparently cosy tone is only skin deep, however: With Our Blessing picks at the scabs of recent Irish history to reveal raw and gaping wounds -- Declan Burke * Irish Times *
Spain's vivid thriller explores the dark secrets of Ireland's past that are a real-life situation haunting so many people within Irish society today * Irish Country Living *
Takes the traditional "country house mystery" and gives it an Irish twist. Atmospheric and compelling * Sinéad Crowley, author of Can Anybody Help Me? *
Jo Spain's vivid thriller explores the dark secrets from Ireland's past that continue to haunt Irish society today * Martin Sixsmith, author of Philomena *

Jo Spain has worked as a party advisor on the economy in the Irish parliament. Her first novel, With Our Blessing, was one of seven books shortlisted in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and her first psychological thriller. The Confession, was a number one bestseller in Ireland. Joanne lives in Dublin with her husband and their four young children.

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ISBN 13	9781784295639
ISBN 10	1784295639
Title	With Our Blessing
Author	Jo Spain
Series	An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2015-09-03
Number of pages	544
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