num_pages: 328
description: The dazzling, award-winning debut in a series that delivers mystery, romance, suspense, and fascinating forensic detail.When farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery—the perfectly preserved head of a young woman with long red hair—Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin must use cutting-edge techniques to preserve ancient evidence. Because the bog’s watery, acidic environment prevents decay, it’s difficult to tell how long the red-haired girl has been buried—two years, two centuries, or even much longer.Who is she? The extraordinary find leads to even more disturbing puzzles. The red-haired girl is not the only enigma in this remote corner of Galway. Two years earlier, Mina Osborne, the wife of a local landowner, went for a walk with her young son and vanished without a trace. Could they, too, be hidden in the bog’s treacherous depths, only to be discovered centuries from now? Or did Hugh Osborne murder his family, as some villagers suspect? Bracklyn House, Osborne’s stately home, holds many secrets, and Nora and Cormac's inquiries threaten to expose them all.
language: English
title: Haunted Ground
titlecomplete: Haunted Ground (Nora Gavin, #1)
characters: Garrett Devaney, Cormac Maguire, Nora Gavin
genres: Ireland, Historical, Mystery, Archaeology, Suspense, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 7181
places: Ireland
series: Nora Gavin
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Mystery, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award)
category: Best First Mystery, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Friends of American Writers Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
category: Best Mysteries
publisher: Scribner