{"product_id":"where-they-lie-a-novel-isbn-9780063344600","title":"Where They Lie: A Novel","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 | \u003cp\u003e“Debut author Coughlan effortlessly plants clues that pay off in gasp-worthy twists. . . . Recommended for readers of dark, historical crime fiction.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thrillingly dark and atmospheric tale, richly evocative of its time, especially for those of us old enough to remember 1968.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gripping and brilliantly atmospheric, and Nicoletta Sarto, the novel's protagonist - the way she talks, the way she thinks - is a great invention.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Effectively conveys the challenges working women faced in the 1960s. Readers interested in exploring the historical quest for women’s rights and independence will enjoy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully written, utterly absorbing. It’s hard to believe Coughlan wasn’t right there in 1960s Dublin observing the world she describes in such word-perfect detail. A stunning debut.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea Mara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and fine-woven \u003cem\u003e. . . . \u003c\/em\u003eCoughlan nimbly captures a place and time before reproductive rights were routinely discussed, let alone words attached to a movement.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the more memorable leads in recent crime fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It’s a superb novel, evoking a bygone era when women could not afford to put a foot wrong.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Journalist Claire Coughlan tackles one of the many distressing aspects of Ireland’s past in this novel . . . This involving story shows the importance of the rights women have won in the past half-century and the need to ensure they are not compromised now.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply absorbing mystery.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890582253797,"sku":"NP9780063344600","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063344600.jpg?v=1730233625","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/where-they-lie-a-novel-isbn-9780063344600","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}