The Scholar - (A Cormac Reilly Mystery) by Dervla McTiernan (Paperback)

The Scholar is a gripping and atmospheric follow-up to The Ruin, an expertly plotted, complex web of secrets that refuse to stay hidden.

When Dr.

Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit-and-run outside Galway University, 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.

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? With a tightly plotted, fast-paced read full of enough twists to keep you guessing right to the end, The Scholar is perfect for fans of Tana French and Flynn Berry.