Holding

A New York Times bestseller From Graham Nortonthe BAFTA Awardwinning and hugely popular BBC America television hostcomes 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. ';With its tale of provincial life, gimlet-eyed spinsters, and thwarted loveit feels almost like a Miss Marple mystery written by Colm Tibn' (The New York Times). The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama, and yet its inhabitants are troubled: Sergeant P.J. Collins hasn't always been this overweight; Brid Riordan, a mother of two, hasn't always been an alcoholic; and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn't always felt that her life was a total waste. So when human remainssuspected to be those of Tommy Burke, a former lover of both Brid and Evelynare discovered on an old farm, the village's dark past begins to unravel. As a frustrated P.J. struggles to