In keeping with Erin Hart's style, this book moves at a leisurely pace through several murders. Despite that, I still could not put it down. A few unanswered questions left me feeling only mostly satisfied by the end. Still worth a read.
I enjoyed this second book better than the first. Not only did they find another ancient bog body, but shortly after they found a modern murder victim in the bog. Then more murders occur and in the end they are all solved and connected to each other. I continue to enjoy reading about Irish culture and music and the methods of the police detective, forensic anthropologist and archaeologist as they all work together.
Hidden relics, submerged secrets, buried evidence...Lake of Sorrows. American pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed by peat workers at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man's remains, and his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of the ancient pagan sacrifice known as the triple death. But signs of a more recent slaying emerge when a second body, bearing a similar would pattern, is found - this one sporting a wristwatch. Someone has come to this quagmire to sink their dreadful handiwork - and Nora soon realizes that she is being pulled deeper into the land and all it holds: the secrets to a cache of missing gold, a tumultuous love affair with archeologist Cormac Maguire, the dark mysteries and desires of the workers at the site, and a determined killer fixated on the gruesome notion of triple death.
I enjoyed this book very much. I find mysteries set in Ireland to be rich and beautiful as well as thrilling. This one is just that!
