Haunted Ground

Name: Haunted Ground
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Erin M. Hart
ISBN: 9780736698054

Author: Erin M. Hart

Narrator: Jennifer McMahon

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 02/04/2003

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

When farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery—the perfectly intact body of a young woman with long red hair—archaeologist Cormac O’Callaghan and pathologist Nora Gavin are thrown together by their shared scientific interest in human remains. Because of the preservative effect of the bog, it is difficult to tell whether the body has lain there for two decades, two centuries, or two millennia. As they dig into the mystery of the red-haired girl, they are drawn into the two-year-old disappearance of a landowner’s wife and young son. The story delves through the many layers of Ireland’s turbulent past, tracing the still-visible footprints of fortified tower houses and ancient burial mounds, ever mindful of the eternal, subliminal connections between past and present.

About The Author

Erin Hart was born in Indiana and raised in Minnesota. She attended Saint Olaf College and the University of Minnesota and worked as an arts journalist for a time before turning to fiction, memoir, and essay. Her debut novel, Haunted Ground, won the Romantic Times Best First Mystery Award and the Friends of American Writers Award, and was also nominated for the Anthony and Agatha Awards. Her other works include Lake of Sorrows, False Mermaid, and The Book of Killowen. She lives in Minnesota.Jennifer McMahon is the author of nine novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Winter People and Promise Not to Tell. She graduated from Goddard College and studied poetry in the MFA writing program at Vermont College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Athira on January 08, 2010

I finished reading this book at lunch yesterday, but since then I have been puttering around gathering my thoughts. The truth is, right after finishing it, I was not sure what I felt. I definitely felt relieved, since there was a lot of jargon in it that I didn't care for, but I know I enjoyed it to......more

Goodreads review by Azita on December 03, 2018

What a debut! She's so adept in creating the atmosphere that I could even feel the cold, the immense silence, and the smell of smoke as vividly as if I were right there in the thick of things. The layered mysteries were presented perfectly, with different pieces of the puzzles being with different p......more

Goodreads review by Debra on December 22, 2015

I thought this was a pretty good first book for this author. It was a bit slow in the middle after the surprising beginning of finding the red-head's head in the bog. Like others have said, I loved learning about bog bodies and some of the history of Ireland. The suspense began to build up after boo......more

Goodreads review by Chris on September 24, 2018

My first Nora Gavin. Liked it very much. I am going to keep going and see where she goes next.......more