The Silent Ones: An unmissable Irish crime thriller from an international bestseller
By (Author) Anna McPartlin
Canelo
Canelo Crime
30th September 2025
4th September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Narrative theme: politics / economics
Historical crime and mysteries
Paperback
288
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 21mm
The murder of an innocent shakes Ireland to its core. Garda Mary Shea is given the rare opportunity to do some real police work in a quest to find the answers.
One cold January morning in 1980, on a beach in Kerry, the body of a newborn baby is found in its most sheltered sand dune. When local police are called to the incident, Garda Mary Shea is first on scene.
The Dublin major crimes team are called to investigate and because Mary is able to get crucial, female witnesses to cooperate, lead detective Matt Foley takes her under his wing in his bid to solve the biggest case of his career. More questions than answers are found when it becomes clear many locals conduct secret lives but who would do such a thing
International bestselling author Anna McPartlin had her first novel published in 2006. In recent years she has turned her attention to scriptwriting for TV serial dramas featured on BBC UK, RTE Ireland and A&E America. She lives in Ireland with her husband and dogs.