![]() I have to admit this book was a rather unintentional read: I picked it'up whilst travelling in Malaysia, having, run out of material to read'after a few days spent lazing about on a beach in Kota Kinabalu. Did Mina simply decide to disappear, or did mother and child become lost in the treacherous bog? Could they, too, be hidden in its depths, only to be discovered centuries from now? Or did the landowner, Hugh Osborne, murder his family, as some villagers suspect? Two years earlier, Mina Osborne, the local landowners Indian-born wife, went for a walk with her young son and never returned. Still, her tale may have shocking ties to the present, and Cormac and Nora must use cutting-edge techniques to preserve ancient evidence.Īnd the red-haired girl is not the only enigma in this remote corner of Galway. The red-haired girl is clearly a case for the archaeologists, not the police. ![]() Who is she? When was she killed? The extraordinary find leads to even more disturbing puzzles. ![]() Peat bogs prevent decay, so the decapitated young woman could have been buried for two decades, two centuries, or even much longer. ![]() Blurb: When farmers cutting turf in a peat bog make a grisly discovery the perfectly preserved severed head of a young woman with long red hair Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin team up in a case that will open old wounds. ![]()
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