{"product_id":"with-our-blessing-isbn-9781683314363","title":"With Our Blessing","description":"\u003cb\u003eDetective Inspector Tom Reynolds searches for the missing links between a recent murder case and a series of decades-old crimes in this Irish closed-room mystery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1975, a baby just minutes old is taken from its devastated mother. In 2010, the gruesome corpse of a nun is found in a Dublin public park. Detective Inspector Tom Reynolds and his team are on the scene and he’s convinced the murder is linked to historical events that took place in the infamous former Magdalene Laundries, institutions for “fallen women.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Reynolds and his team follow the trail to an isolated convent, everything seems perfectly normal and it seems perhaps they’ve followed the wrong lead. But it soon becomes disturbingly clear that the killer is amongst them and determined to exact further vengeance for the sins of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe walls in this closed-room mystery narrow in on Reynolds and his team as they race to stop another murder in \u003ci\u003eWith Our Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Jo Spain’s U.S. debut.\u003cb\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eWith Our Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Spain’s fully realized characters, brisk plot, and clear-eyed view of Ireland’s painful past engage readers from the start.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spain’s \u003ci\u003eThe Confession\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) was a best-seller in Ireland, and this well-crafted, riveting work is surely destined for similar success, as it deserves a wide readership in this country as well.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absolutely my comfort reading.” \u003cbr\u003e—Ann Cleeves, Dagger Award-winning author of Vera \u0026amp; the Shetland series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The novel is razor-sharp...The denouement is fiendishly clever, a climax in the old-fashioned Agatha Christie-esque sense...a big fat twist is lobbed into the ending like a hand grenade.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant! Fast paced, well researched and sensitive. Jo Spain is a sparking new talent.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a very strong year for Irish crime-fiction debuts, Jo Spain’s \u003ci\u003eWith Our Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e is among the most assured...[and] picks at the scabs of recent Irish history to reveal raw and gaping wounds.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDeclan Burke Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jo Spain writes as good a procedural as you are ever likely to read.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCrime Review (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJo Spain\u003c\/b\u003e is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eWith Our Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of seven books shortlisted in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and her first psychological thriller. \u003ci\u003eThe Confession\u003c\/i\u003e, was a number one bestseller in Ireland. Jo co-wrote the ground-breaking TV series \u003ci\u003eTaken Down\u003c\/i\u003e which first broadcast in Ireland in 2018. She’s now working on multiple European TV projects. Joanne lives in Dublin with her husband and their four young children.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304225951973,"sku":"NP9781683314363","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781683314363.jpg?v=1767744437","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/with-our-blessing-isbn-9781683314363","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}