Just my kind of police drama, no violence, nobody dies, except for the bones uncovered during excavations. Graham Norton has written a surprisingly decent novel where the characterisation is especially strong in the first half. The overweight Sergeant PJ Collins, the three Ross sisters (Evelyn, Florence and Abigail), Mrs Meaney and Brid Riordan are people living in the remote Irish village of Duneen.
I noted early on that this was a story made for a film, and sure enough, an ITV production is ongoing. The mystery of the skeleton haunts the locality as PJ and his boss try to uncover the truth. PJ's interview with Evelyn I felt was sensitively written. At the same time there is the Norton trademark humour and wit. The last part suffered a little by being all plot, but that's to be expected. Overall I enjoyed the story and was impressed by the prose.
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