Those We Left Behind

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DCI Serena Flanagan is forced to confront a disturbing case from her past: the murder conviction of a 12-year-old-boy who has just been released from prison

DCI Serena Flanagan hasnâe(tm)t heard the boyâe(tm)s name in years.

Not since the blood on the wall and the body in the bedroom.

Not since she listened as he confessed to brutally murdering his foster father.

But now Ciaran Devine is out of prison and back in her life. And so is his brother, Thomas âe" the brother that Flanagan always suspected of hiding something.

When Ciaranâe(tm)s probation officer comes Flanagan with fresh fears about the Devines, the years of lies begin to unravel, setting a deadly chain of events in motion.

âe~Deeply chilling, but full of tendernessâe¦utterly compellingâe¦ The best book yet from a hugely talented writerâe(tm)
Sunday Mirror

âe~A quietly superb, sensitive plotâe(tm)
The Times

âe~A must readâe(tm)
Irish Times

'DCI Serena Flanagan is the hero for whom we've all been waiting'
Megan Abbott