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'In The Nameless Dead, Brian McGilloway weaves a moving, beautifully written story of lost parental hopes and the still angry wounds of political strife.' --The Times, Marcel Berlins
'Northern Ireland s bloody history adds gritty reality to the fifth in the popular series featuring the all-too-human Inspector Devlin.'
--Peterborough Evening Telegraph
'McGilloway s elegant, almost elegiac, writing and his humane, sensitive Garda detective raise The Nameless Dead from a gloomy reflection on Northern Ireland s past to a poignant, perfectly-pitched crime story which counterbalances fictional drama with factual history...Respectable, compassionate and doggedly determined in the face of obstructive senior officers, the maverick Devlin always steers a moral course in his pursuit of fairness, justice and the truth.' --Lancashire Evening Post
'In a story of crime, love and mystery, Devlin trusts his instincts to find out the truth after more deaths follow, even when it puts those who he loves most at risk.'
Lifestyle North East --Lifestyle North East
'Told with McGilloway s customary quiet authority, The Nameless Dead fully deserves its Rankinsesque title, confirming the author s reputation as a thoughtful, intelligent crime novelist... The Nameless Dead is as good a novel of modern Ireland as you re likely to read this year, crime or otherwise.' --Irish Times
'Northern Ireland s bloody history adds gritty reality to the fifth in the popular series featuring the all-too-human Inspector Devlin.'
--Peterborough Evening Telegraph
'McGilloway s elegant, almost elegiac, writing and his humane, sensitive Garda detective raise The Nameless Dead from a gloomy reflection on Northern Ireland s past to a poignant, perfectly-pitched crime story which counterbalances fictional drama with factual history...Respectable, compassionate and doggedly determined in the face of obstructive senior officers, the maverick Devlin always steers a moral course in his pursuit of fairness, justice and the truth.' --Lancashire Evening Post
'In a story of crime, love and mystery, Devlin trusts his instincts to find out the truth after more deaths follow, even when it puts those who he loves most at risk.'
Lifestyle North East --Lifestyle North East
'Told with McGilloway s customary quiet authority, The Nameless Dead fully deserves its Rankinsesque title, confirming the author s reputation as a thoughtful, intelligent crime novelist... The Nameless Dead is as good a novel of modern Ireland as you re likely to read this year, crime or otherwise.' --Irish Times
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‘You can’t investigate the baby, Inspector. It’s the law.’ Declan Cleary’s body has never been found, but everyone believes he was killed for informing on a friend over thirty years ago. Now the Commission for Location of Victims’ Remains is following a tip-off that he was buried on the small isle of Islandmore, in the middle of the River Foyle. Instead, the dig uncovers a baby’s skeleton, and it doesn’t look like death by natural causes. But evidence revealed by the Commission’s activities cannot lead to prosecution. Inspector Devlin is torn. He has no desire to resurrect the violent divisions of the recent past. Neither can he let a suspected murderer go unpunished. Now the secret is out, more deaths follow. Devlin must trust his conscience – even when that puts those closest to him at terrible risk . . .
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The fifth outing for Brian McGilloway's Inspector Benedict Devlin, pretty much following the same format as the last book; troubles at home, troubles with lacklustre authorities and troubles with hardened criminals. The first of these troubles tends to sway the novel off the well trodden track of a police investigation into the unfortunate discovery of seven little bodies buried in a non-specific graveyard reserved for unchristened Catholics, amongst others. And it's the 'amongst others' that creates the basis for this story. The Commission for the Location of Victim's Remains discovers the body of a small child whilst searching for another body connected to the killing of an informant.
Devlin knows he cannot pursue an investigation relating to the body they were looking for but he has a hard time being convinced that this rule applies to the little girl. He remains unconvinced. It's a rather complicated plot because these later deaths of the babies all seem to lead to modern day criminals who carry on with their killing under the noses of the investigators. Devlin has, as before, significant help from his friend in the North, DI Jim Hendry, principally because the burying ground straddles the north/south border and Hendry can take a few more liberties.
Devlin's troubles at home centre aound a teenage daughter who was seriously injured in a riding incident in a previous book now finding her rebellious nature leading her to a liaison with the son of Devlin's nemesis, Morrison and Devlin's younger son feeling left out in the family heirarchy. I don't know whether all this social angst works. Another author has tried this but, for me, it tends to slow the pace of the book.
Anyway, Devlin is up and running, making discoveries about missing children, saddened mothers and criminals preying on the desperate need for some to have a child, not necessarily their own.
He's a likeable character is Ben Devlin. He gets the job done, he puts up with his seniors always looking over their shoulder - and his, wondering about their promotion chances. And he faces up to the embedded criminals in the Irish underworld on both sides of the border.
The book reads well, it's entertaining and the author manages to continue with his series, leaving the reader waiting for the next book to see where Devlin might take us.
Devlin knows he cannot pursue an investigation relating to the body they were looking for but he has a hard time being convinced that this rule applies to the little girl. He remains unconvinced. It's a rather complicated plot because these later deaths of the babies all seem to lead to modern day criminals who carry on with their killing under the noses of the investigators. Devlin has, as before, significant help from his friend in the North, DI Jim Hendry, principally because the burying ground straddles the north/south border and Hendry can take a few more liberties.
Devlin's troubles at home centre aound a teenage daughter who was seriously injured in a riding incident in a previous book now finding her rebellious nature leading her to a liaison with the son of Devlin's nemesis, Morrison and Devlin's younger son feeling left out in the family heirarchy. I don't know whether all this social angst works. Another author has tried this but, for me, it tends to slow the pace of the book.
Anyway, Devlin is up and running, making discoveries about missing children, saddened mothers and criminals preying on the desperate need for some to have a child, not necessarily their own.
He's a likeable character is Ben Devlin. He gets the job done, he puts up with his seniors always looking over their shoulder - and his, wondering about their promotion chances. And he faces up to the embedded criminals in the Irish underworld on both sides of the border.
The book reads well, it's entertaining and the author manages to continue with his series, leaving the reader waiting for the next book to see where Devlin might take us.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is the fifth Inspector Devlin book. I read the first two but stopped following the series as the books were OK, but didn't seem to have enough pull for me. If that's because it takes writers time to get in their stride, McGilloway has unquestionably pushed his way to the front of the race.
You could say the book is about cover ups, injustice and how the lives of ordinary, honest people have been overshadowed by the past.
Devlin is involved with a painful part of Northern Ireland's reconciliation process. Tasked with finding the bodies of "The Disappeared" (those who got on the wrong side of the IRA and were tortured, murdered, then buried so their bodies would never be found), Devlin discovers the skeleton of a baby in an unmarked grave. Because of the rules governing the discovery of the disappeared, Devlin isn't allowed to investigate the baby's' death further - a restriction that Devlin simply can't accept.
If that isn't all enough, Devlin also has to deal with his daughter wanting to assert her independence and a son feeling marginalised by a father who puts work and the other members of the family first.
McGilloway skilfully weaves together a number of threads of Ireland's difficult history from the civil war in the north to the misdeeds of the Catholic Church. And just so we don't think the bad things are all in the past, we see glimpses of the way that the criminal underbelly in Ireland continues to grow, skilfully adapting and taking advantage of the economic collapse.
I strongly recommend this book.
You could say the book is about cover ups, injustice and how the lives of ordinary, honest people have been overshadowed by the past.
Devlin is involved with a painful part of Northern Ireland's reconciliation process. Tasked with finding the bodies of "The Disappeared" (those who got on the wrong side of the IRA and were tortured, murdered, then buried so their bodies would never be found), Devlin discovers the skeleton of a baby in an unmarked grave. Because of the rules governing the discovery of the disappeared, Devlin isn't allowed to investigate the baby's' death further - a restriction that Devlin simply can't accept.
If that isn't all enough, Devlin also has to deal with his daughter wanting to assert her independence and a son feeling marginalised by a father who puts work and the other members of the family first.
McGilloway skilfully weaves together a number of threads of Ireland's difficult history from the civil war in the north to the misdeeds of the Catholic Church. And just so we don't think the bad things are all in the past, we see glimpses of the way that the criminal underbelly in Ireland continues to grow, skilfully adapting and taking advantage of the economic collapse.
I strongly recommend this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By MB
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Set against the backdrop of present day Northern Ireland, Inspector Devlin is involved in the Commission for the Location of Victim's Remains, treading a fine line between the violent divisions of the past and the fragile peace of the future. A tip-off has led him to the possible burial place of Declan Cleary - man thought to have been killed for informing on a friend thirty years previously. The rules of the Commission are clear: evidence revealed by the Commission's investigations cannot lead to prosecution. But what if that evidence is discovery of a grave containing the skeleton of a baby who, it appears, did not die of natural causes? Inspector Devlin is a man who takes risks, who follows his nose and who does not like to be told that he cannot investigate what appears to be a sickening crime. So, of course, he investigates it.
What follows is an intriguing mystery, slow-paced at times but still a page-turner. Inspector Devlin's off-road enquiries rake up a past of fraud, greed and violence and the manipulation of young, vulnerable girls giving birth out of wedlock. As he begins to draw together seemingly unconnected people and events, more deaths follow and he puts his own family at risk.
The plot is believable, the characters engaging and if there's one thing I'll remember the book for, it's that scene with the drug dealer and the cess-pit. I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have but I did laugh!
A good read with a satisfying conclusion.
What follows is an intriguing mystery, slow-paced at times but still a page-turner. Inspector Devlin's off-road enquiries rake up a past of fraud, greed and violence and the manipulation of young, vulnerable girls giving birth out of wedlock. As he begins to draw together seemingly unconnected people and events, more deaths follow and he puts his own family at risk.
The plot is believable, the characters engaging and if there's one thing I'll remember the book for, it's that scene with the drug dealer and the cess-pit. I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have but I did laugh!
A good read with a satisfying conclusion.
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A great read. Very interesting and based on certain real events.a good theme for a novel. I like the style demonstrated by Mcgilloway.
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AN EXCELLENT BOOK WROTE BY BRIAN MCGILLOWAY ONCE AGAIN. HIS STORIES ARE SO REAL TO LIFE AND ALWAYS ENJOY WISH THERE WAS MORE STORIES
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Another good read
I have read most of Brian McGilloway's books and this one was as good as th e last one I read .I would suggest tho you read them in sequence.
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