The Unquiet Grave

DI Cormac Reilly, Book 4

By: Dervla McTiernan

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

For years the boglands of Northern Europe have given up bodies of the long-deceased. Bodies that are thousands of years old, uncannily preserved. Bodies with strange injuries that suggest ritual torture and human sacrifice.

When a corpse is found in a bog in Galway, Cormac Reilly assumes the find is historical. But closer examination reveals a more recent story. The dead man is Thaddeus Grey, a local secondary school principal who disappeared two years prior.

There's nothing in Grey's past that would explain why he was murdered, or why his body was mutilated in a ritual manner. At first, progress on the case is frustratingly slow and Cormac struggles to keep his mind on the job. His ex-girlfriend, Emma Sweeney, is in trouble, and she's reached out to him for help – Emma's new husband has gone missing in Paris, and the French police are refusing to open an investigation into his disappearance.

Cormac is sure that he has found Grey's killer, and is within hours of an arrest, when another mutilated body is discovered on the other side of the country. Two days later, a third body is found. Press attention is intense. Is there a serial killer at work in Ireland? Has Cormac been on the wrong trail? And if so, can he find the murderer before they strike again?

©2025 Dervla McTiernan (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing

Very cohesive story!

To read Cormac Reilly is to run into an old friend. It’s like you have never been apart. I love that Dervla can write so cohesively that questions are answered without ever asking them out loud. Great characters great stories! When does the next tale come out? What happens to Peter? I can’t wait to find out!

Good procedural

I like the Cormac books - reliable whodunnits. Nothing mind blowing but entertaining nonetheless. The narrator was good as well. Solid listen.

Excellent follow up

The best results for concluding Cormac and Peter’s partnership. All of it rings true. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens in the Complaints Department in Galway.

Excellent!

Love this series! Both author and narrator always deliver! (Please… .. don’t let this be the end of the series!)

Love this series!

Love this series and can't wait the next book! Really love this narrator - so good!