After receiving an unsourced tip-off, DI James Fitzgerald’s investigation leads him to a bog, deep in the mountains that sit on the Irish side of the Northern Irish border. Isolated, unspoiled and barren, it’s the kind of place where the bodies are buried that are never meant to be found.
What’s found there is a memory of one of the darkest eras of Irish history, of past horrors the island hasn’t had time to forget. To find the truth, James will be forced to investigate paramilitaries, drug lords, and the security apparatus of the State itself. Where war meets murder, victims become perpetrators, and killing becomes another part of daily life, James will meet one of the most challenging investigations of his career. The first victim in any war is the truth.