Holding
Subtitle: a novel
By: Graham Norton
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781501173264; 9781501173271
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Murder; Police; Investigation; Secrecy; Missing persons; Villages; Fiction
Description: "From Graham Norton, the BAFTA-award-winning Irish television host and author of the "sparkling and impish" (Daily Mail) memoirs The Life and Loves of a He Devil and So Me, comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime. The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama but when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke--a former lover of two different inhabitants--the village's dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated sergeant PJ Collins struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret. In this darkly comic, touching, and at times heartbreaking novel, perfect for fans of J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of lovable characters, and explore--with searing honesty--the complexities and contradictions that make us human"--
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain in 2016 by Hodder & Stoughton." -- Verso title page.