The Good Turn

This is the third book in Dervla McTiernan's series about Detective Cormac Reilly, an Irish policeman endeavouring to solve crimes despite interference and lack of support from a number of his colleagues.

When the abduction of a young girl is reported Cormac and his small team endeavour to investigate. Additional support was requested and refused leaving a skelton team to locate the missing girl before she is harmed. All does not go to plan resulting in the suspension of Cormac Reilly while Garda Peter Fisher is relocated from Galway to the small town of Roundstone while his future is decided.

While Cormac continues to work on the case of the missing girl from afar he also becomes involved in assisting to uncover corruption in the  police force. Meanwhile Peter investigates a double murder that occurred on a farm near Roundstone and endeavours to resolve his relationship with his father. Cormac also needs to resolve his relationship with Emma who has moved overseas to work.

The Good Turn continues of some of the themes occuring in the two earlier books, The Ruin and The Scholar as well as revealing more of the backstory and lives of Cormac Reilly and Peter Fisher. Another excellent book in this series by Delva McTiernan.