A Distant Grave: Maggie D'arcy Mysteries Series, Book 2
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In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D'arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland in A Distant Grave.
Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new case demands Maggie's attention. The body of an unidentified Irish national turns up in a wealthy Long Island beach community and with little to go on but the scars on his back, Maggie once again teams up with Garda detectives in Ireland to find out who the man was and what he was doing on Long Island. The strands of the mystery take Maggie to a quiet village in rural County Clare that's full of secrets and introduce her to the world of humanitarian aid workers half a world away. And as she gets closer to the truth about the murder, what she learns leads her back to her home turf and into range of a dangerous and determined killer who will do anything to keep the victim's story hidden forever.
With the lyrical prose, deeply drawn characters, and atmospheric setting that put The Mountains Wild on multiple best of the year lists, Sarah Stewart Taylor delivers another gripping mystery novel about family, survival, and the meaning of home.
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Sarah Stewart Taylor. (2021). A Distant Grave: Maggie D'arcy Mysteries Series, Book 2. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
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In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D'arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland in A Distant Grave.
Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new case demands Maggie's attention. The body of an unidentified Irish national turns up in a wealthy Long Island beach community and with little to go on but the scars on his back, Maggie once again teams up with Garda detectives in Ireland to find out who the man was and what he was doing on Long Island. The strands of the mystery take Maggie to a quiet village in rural County Clare that's full of secrets and introduce her to the world of humanitarian aid workers half a world away. And as she gets closer to the truth about the murder, what she learns leads her back to her home turf and into range of a dangerous and determined killer who will do anything to keep the victim's story hidden forever.
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January 1, 2021
Following Taylor's LJ-starred debut, The Mountains Wild, Det. Maggie D'arcy investigates when the body of an unidentified Irish national appears in a wealthy Long Island beach community. Maggie has no way of determining who he is but for the scars on his back, and once again she must call on Ireland's Garda detectives to help her solve the case. With a 50,000-copy first printing.
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April 15, 2021
A second deep-laid mystery for Long Island homicide Detective Lt. Maggie D'arcy pivots on the movements and motives of a man who crossed the Atlantic to get murdered. The man shot in Bay Shore Manor Park, the man whose back is covered with gruesomely distinctive scars, is identified as international aid worker Gabriel Treacy, an Irish national whose boss, Global Humanity CEO Gillian Gleeson, calls him a saint. Suffolk County DA John J. Cooney Jr. is certain that it's a gang killing, especially when the bullet that killed Treacy turns out to have been fired by the same gun that killed presumed MS-13 victim Juan Bollina last year, and he can't imagine why Maggie and her partner, Detective Dave Milich, haven't made an arrest. But Maggie, who thinks the answer lies across the sea, packs up her teenage daughter, Lilly, who's still traumatized by the suicide of Maggie's ex-husband, and takes her on a working vacation in Ireland, where she hopes to spend some serious time with her sweetie, Conor Kearney. Their idyll, punctuated by the news that Treacy's family solicitor, Noel Thomason, has been killed in an apparent burglary, is cut short by Cooney's summons demanding her return to Long Island. It's there that Maggie will finally connect the dots between the two darkest episodes of Treacy's life: his kidnapping and torture in Afghanistan and his search for the brother his unmarried mother gave up years before Treacy was born. Taylor pulls out all the stops--subplots, threats, red herrings, warning bells--to keep the pot boiling till the end.COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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April 26, 2021
In the teasing prologue of Taylor’s strong sequel to 2020’s The Mountains Wild, an unnamed man waits near Long island’s Great South Bay for an unidentified woman. He has an important story to tell her. She never appears, and the man’s shot to death. The curiosity of homicide detective Maggie D’arcy of the Suffolk County PD is aroused by scars on the dead man’s back that suggest he was tortured in the past. Eventually, he’s identified as Gabriel Treacy, a Dublin resident who worked for an international aid organization. Treacy got the back injuries during his time with another NGO in Afghanistan in 2011, six years earlier, after he was kidnapped and held for ransom. D’arcy gets permission to travel to Ireland to learn more about Treacy, believing that his death wasn’t just the result of a robbery gone wrong, despite his wallet and phone being stolen. A second murder of someone linked to Treacy deepens the puzzle. Taylor’s adept at balancing plot and plausible characterizations. Tana French fans will be eager for the next series entry. Agent: Esmond Harmsworth, Aevitas Creative Management.
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This is the second of two mysteries (following The Mountains Wild, 2020) starring Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy, both of which move from Long Island to Ireland. The first D'arcy featured a cold case involving the disappearance of Maggie's cousin Erin in Ireland two decades ago. This second case still leads to Ireland, but it begins with the discovery of a gunshot victim on Long Island's South Shore Beach. He's identified as an Irish national and a humanitarian aid worker. Maggie, conveniently scheduled to visit her boyfriend in Ireland, uses her trip to investigate the victim's contacts in County Clare, in a case that grows more and more complex and dangerous. As with the first Maggie D'arcy, the Irish setting takes center stage, with Maggie herself playing backup. A big problem, though, is that Taylor does little to orient either new or returning readers; unless you've read The Mountains Wild recently, it's hard to get a grip on what's going on. Still, this has the makings of a solid series.COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'Arcy and her daughter Lilly plan a vaction in Ireland after the death of Maggie's ex-husband the previous year. Just before the trip, Maggie and her partner catch a case: an unidentified man shot on a beach; he turns out to be from Dublin. Once he's identified as Gabriel Treacy, Maggie calls Dublin detective Roly Byrne to ask why Gabriel is in the States. She gets strange answers from the Irish end: Gabriel worked for an international aid organization; his mother is dead; and he's canceled his email accounts. Maggie's boss agrees she might be able to learn more in Ireland, but the district attorney throws a fit when he learns she left during a major investigation. Maggie only gets a short time to connect with Conor, the man she loves, and to work the Irish angle, before she's called back to the job. The DA's office believes Treacy's death is tied to a gang, but Maggie finds convoluted links to the past, to Gabriel's birth, and his time as a hostage in Afghanistan. VERDICT The second Maggie D'Arcy novel is as intricately plotted as The Mountains Wild. Clues from the past culminate in a tragic conclusion to this tense thriller.--Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN
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