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Book SynopsisLong-buried secrets are being unearthed. And they''re very close to home...
Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns yet again to her hometown to investigate a spine-chilling case in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan''s series. The Paula Maguire series is the perfect read for fans of Michael Connelly and Peter May.
''A delicious spookiness is added to McGowan''s customary mix of complex characterisation and sweat-inducing excitement, offering a new level of chilling thrills'' - Sunday Mirror
When a puzzling missing persons'' case opens up in her hometown, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire can''t help but return once more.
Renovations at an abandoned farm have uncovered two bodies: a man known to be an IRA member missing since the nineties, and a young girl whose identity remains a mystery.
As Paula attempts to discover who the girl is and why no one is looking for her, an anonymous tip-off claims that h
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A delicious spookiness is added to McGowan's customary mix of complex characterisation and sweat-inducing excitement, offering a new level of chilling thrills * Sunday Express *
A brilliantly executed thriller with a haunting and atmospheric setting. Spine tingling * Sunday Mirror *
A spine-tingling, brilliantly haunting and atmospheric thriller * People magazine *
A complex, disturbing, resonant novel that remains light on its feet and immensely entertaining * Irish Times *
Page-turning * Guardian *
The best of the Paula series yet; weird, intriguing, gripping and original -- Stav Sherez
A reminder why McGowan has been described as Ireland's answer to Ruth Rendell * Independent *
This is a powerful and disturbing novel * Book Oxygen *
I read The Silent Dead with my heart in my mouth . . . brilliant -- Erin Kelly
An intelligent and thought-provoking read and I can't WAIT to see where Paula goes from here! * My Chestnut Reading Tree blog *
Another great story in an increasingly impressive series * Louise Reviews blog *
The perfect mix of drama, intrigue and mystery along with a dash of Northern Irish and Irish history * Ginger Book Geek blog *
Nail-biting! The creepy and harsh setting . . . made the events on this island and its inhabitants even more chilling * Chillers, Killers and Thrillers blog *
McGowan has created a world evocative enough to get lost in * Real Crime magazine *
