{"product_id":"where-they-lie-claire-coughlan-9780063344600","title":"Where They Lie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A thrillingly dark and atmospheric tale, richly evocative of its time, especially for those of us old enough to remember 1968.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--John Banville\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn immersive, literary thriller set in 1960s Dublin about an ambitious young female journalist whose investigation of a long missing actress will take her through misty streets and the tangled underworld--and force her to confront the long buried secrets of her own past.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome stories demand to be told. They keep coming back, echoing down through the decades, until they find a teller . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDublin, 1943. Actress Julia Bridges disappears. She was last seen entering the house of Gloria Fitzpatrick, who is later put on trial for the murder of a woman whose abortion she facilitated. But it's never proved that Gloria had a hand in Julia's death--and Julia's body has never been found. Gloria, however, is sentenced to life in an institution for the criminally insane, where she's found dead a few years later from an apparent suicide, and the truth of what happened to Julia Bridges dies with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDublin, 1968. Nicoletta Sarto is an ambitious junior reporter for the \u003cem\u003eIrish Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e when the bones of Julia Bridges are discovered in the garden of a house on the outskirts of the city. Drawn into investigating the 25-year-old mystery of Julia's disappearance and her link to the notorious Gloria Fitzpatrick, Nicoletta becomes immersed in the tangled underworld of the illegal abortion industry, stirring up long-buried secrets from her own past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully atmospheric, timely thriller, \u003cem\u003eWhere They Lie\u003c\/em\u003e uses a murder mystery as a lens to focus on the long struggle of women fighting to achieve autonomy and succeed in a man's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Coughlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063344602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063344600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Claire Coughlan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491741855999,"sku":"9780063344600","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47516017-9071-481c-9944-588bed973e1e.jpg?v=1699452972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-they-lie-claire-coughlan-9780063344600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}