The Unquiet Grave

When a mutilated body is found in a bog Cormac and his team investigate. At first it was thought that the corpse was an historical burial as similar burials in bogs had been found dating back thousands of years. However investigations reveal that the dead man was the principal of the local school who disappeared two years previously. 

The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan contains multiple stories that combine together before the end of the book. While Cormac is investigating this case he receives a phone call from Emma telling him that her husband has disappeared in Paris. Emma has contacted the local and French police forces who have not been helpful in looking for her husband. Cormac therefore unofficially works on this case as well as trying to solve the murder of the school principal. Then the bodies of two more men are discovered in bogs. Does this mean that there is a serial killer? Cormac also has to decide whether to accept a new position in the police force with a promotion.

Dervla McTiernan has written another fast paced, character driven crime novel that makes the reader want to know what will happen next and keeps them guessing until the end of the book. The Unquiet Grave is number four in the Cormac Reilly series.