American pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. Book Synopsis A magnificent tale of death and destiny, past and present, in an Ireland rich with tradition, myth, and mystery: Lake of Sorrows has a heft and richness uncommon in contemporary suspense novels (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). You can hear a few excerpts of songs and tunes here.About the Book From the international bestselling author of Haunted Ground comes a blend of forensics, history, and passionate intrigue in an engrossing, pulse-quickening novel. The story of 'Molly Bawn' actually inspired the mystery of Mina Osborne's disappearance-hope that's not a spoiler alert! And the third song on the album, 'The Flower of Magherally-O,' is a sentimental favorite, because it's the song I sang onstage the night I met my husband.

You might remember that Nora is persuaded to sing 'The Generous Lover' in the Dublin session scene in HAUNTED GROUND. I also offer a few unaccompanied traditional songs from Nora Gavin's repertoire. Paddy plays some wonderful traditional tunes on button accordion, along with Tom Schaefer on fiddle, and Paul Wehling on bouzouki. There's a lot of Irish traditional music in my books, as you probably know, and I consider my husband's latest recording, THE SAILOR'S CRAVAT, a good soundtrack to the series. NORA GAVIN SINGS! A SOUNDTRACK FOR THE SERIES With that metaphor in mind, this site also has plenty of hidden layers to uncover. Working down through many layers, finding connections, bringing priceless artefacts and terrible secrets of the past to light. The fourth book in the series, THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN, received wide critical acclaim when it was released in 2013, and is a Minnesota Book Award finalist.Īrchaeology is an apt metaphor for how Erin unearths her novels The third in the series, FALSE MERMAID, was named by ALA/Booklist as one of the best crime novels of 2010. The second novel in the series, LAKE OF SORROWS, was shortlisted for a Minnesota Book Award. Erin's debut, HAUNTED GROUND, was nominated for mystery's prestigious Anthony and Agatha awards, and won Romantic Times Best First Mystery, and the Friends of American Writers award.

And to the official website of Erin Hart, author of the Nora Gavin/Cormac Maguire crime novels. Welcome to the bogs, the pubs, the music, the landscape, the archaeology, the poetry, the mystery that is Ireland.

An ancient volume of philosophical heresy provides a motive for murder in this haunting, lyrical novel of forensics, archeology, and history-the fourth in an acclaimed suspense series.ĪVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK, AUDIOBOOK, AND eBOOK!

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