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    Audiobook10 hours

    The Scholar

    Written by Dervla McTiernan

    Narrated by Aoife McMahon

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    About this audiobook

    'Dervla McTiernan has rocked the crime fiction world with good reason. Taut, tense and darkly addictive. A treat for lovers of fine crime writing.' - Candice Fox


    Being brilliant has never been this dangerous ...

    When Dr Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit and run outside Galway University late one evening, she calls her partner, Detective Cormac Reilly, bringing him first to the scene of a murder that would otherwise never have been assigned to him. A security card in the dead woman's pocket identifies her as Carline Darcy, a gifted student and heir apparent to Irish pharmaceutical giant Darcy Therapeutics. The multi-billion-dollar company, founded by her grandfather, has a finger in every pie, from sponsoring university research facilities to funding political parties to philanthropy - it has funded Emma's own ground-breaking research. The enquiry into Carline's death promises to be high profile and high pressure.

    As Cormac investigates, evidence mounts that the death is linked to a Darcy laboratory and, increasingly, to Emma herself. Cormac is sure she couldn't be involved, but as his running of the case comes under scrutiny from the department and his colleagues, he is forced to question his own objectivity. Could his loyalty to Emma have led him to overlook evidence? Has it made him a liability?

    PRAISE FOR THE SCHOLAR

    'Atmospheric and beautifully paced, with nuanced characters and a gripping plot - The Scholar has it all.' - Chris Hammer


    'This is top-notch crime writing - fast, clever, surprising, and psychologically acute. I can only wish Dervla could write as fast as I can read!' - Kate Forsyth


    'The Scholar is a gripping follow-up to McTiernan's debut crime novel The Ruin, featuring the enigmatic DS Cormac Reilly ... The Scholar is a tightly plotted, fast-paced read with enough twists to keep you guessing right to the end.' - Better Homes & Gardens

    'Another thrilling tale that delivers on all the promise of McTiernan's debut - not to be missed.' - Readings Monthly

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 1, 2019
    ISBN9781460790151
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    The Scholar
    Author

    Dervla McTiernan

    Number one internationally bestselling author Dervla McTiernan is the critically acclaimed author of five novels, including The Murder Rule, which was a New York Times thriller of the year. Dervla has won multiple prizes, including a Ned Kelly Award, Davitt Awards, a Barry Award, and an International Thriller Writers Award. Dervla is also the author of four novellas, and her audio novella, The Sisters, was a four-week number one bestseller in the United States. She lives in Australia with her family.

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    • 5/5
      Second book in the series. Wow this author can write a good story.
      This time out a biotech company, a wealthy family, and a couple of dead young women.
      Great book!
    • 5/5
      A Great read with likeable characters and an interesting twist
    • 4/5
      This is one of the best books I read this year. Its not very common for a sequel to be better than the original but this is one of these cases.
    • 4/5
      What a curvy trip to catch a murderer! And what is the motive for brutally killing two young women? Dervla McTiernan captures the doubt and suspicion of the characters from Cormac Reilly to his second-in-command. Cormac even begins to doubt his girlfriend, Emma Sweeny. The story centers on finding what has happened. All clues point to Darcy lab, as the two women both worked for John Darcy. The case centers on intelligence, money, and courage. The first lady to be killed was intentionally hit by a car and so disfigured that identity is difficult. Cormac chases the clues, but his love of Emma blinds him to the truth. Dervla McTiernan writes an interesting mystery set in Ireland with all the quirky characters and psychological insights that heighten the story.
    • 4/5
      Another good procedural. The joy of reading it isn't in figuring out what happened but working through the roadblocks which must be negotiated by Cormac and observing the interplay among the garda in Galway.
    • 4/5
      I solved the mystery long before the characters, but that didn't take away much of my enjoyment of the story. I liked watching the politics of the police department about as much as I did watching them collect clues. And I'm feeling more attached to the three main detectives as the series goes along.
    • 5/5
      Book 2 of the Cormac Reilly Series - Perfect Murder Mystery with a mix of love and loyalty
    • 5/5
      I read the first in this series and then forgot the rest. Someone recommended the series and it prompted me to go to this, the second. So glad. It's an excellent read. Biochemistry shenanigans. Dead bodies and misdirection with an Irish accent.
    • 4/5
      Second in an Irish mystery series with Cormac Reilly as the main character. Interesting plot line, though it was a little hard to believe that Reilly would make such a poor decision at the opening of the case.The audiobook was well read and easy to follow.
    • 4/5
      Another good Irish crime read - no complicated plot lines and a good page turner.
    • 4/5
      4.5 stars.

      The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan  is a fiendishly clever, riveting mystery. This second installment in the  Cormac Reilly series can be read as a standalone but I also highly recommend book one, The Ruin.

      Finally freed from working nothing but cold cases, DS Cormac Reilly is the lead investigator of a hit and run death that occurred near the local university. The case is quickly complicated due to the fact that Reilly's partner, Dr. Emma Sweeney, discovered the victim. Then he finds out the deceased has a connection to Darcy Therapeutics' research laboratory which is where Emma works. Surprisingly, Superintendent Brian Murphy has no issue with Cormac working the case but he does caution him to tread lightly around the über wealthy Darcy family. Just as the team is making progress on the case, another murder increases the tension for Cormac who is desperate to unmask the killer.

      Cormac relies heavily on Detective Peter Fisher as he juggles the current murder investigation and another case he recently inherited from overworked Sergeant Carrie O'Halloran.  Identifying the hit and run victim is not easy due to the damage inflicted by the vehicle. They do have one valuable clue that leads straight to Darcy Therapeutics. John Darcy is quite formidable as he fights to protect the proprietary information in the research lab. Cormac then turns to the lab head James Murtagh who is a little more forthcoming but will the information he provides lead them to the murderer?

      Cormac is a well seasoned veteran detective whose keen instincts serve him well throughout the investigation.  While most of his co-workers are eager and hardworking, Officer Moira Hanley is not one to come in early or stay late. She is not at all happy to be working with Reilly but will her resentment harm the investigation and Cormac's career?

      The Scholar is a multi-layered mystery which is set against the backdrop of pharma research and the academic world. Cormac is an engaging lead protagonist who is finally settling into his new life in Galway. Emma is a bit of an enigmatic figure whose past is shrouded in mystery.  The investigation moves at a steady pace but just as Cormac is starting to piece together the truth, a second murder turns his world upside down.  Although savvy readers will most likely guess the killer's identity early on,  Dervla McTiernan keeps the motive for the murders tightly under wraps until the novel's stunning conclusion. Mystery buffs are sure to enjoy this newest addition to the fantastic Cormac Reilly series.
    • 4/5
      I read the first book by this author back in February and was very taken by it so I was happy to take this book out of the library to read. In between reading those two books I visited Ireland and stayed near Galway where this book is set. I didn't run into any murderers while I was there but it sure makes for a good read!Carrie O'Halloran is a detective with the Galway police force and she has been swamped with work lately. She goes to her supervisor to suggest that some of her files be transferred to Cormac Reilly who is only pursuing cold cases. Supervisor Murphy doesn't like Reilly but agrees to the switch of some of O'Halloran's files. When Carrie goes to tell Reilly about the cases he is sitting in a pub waiting for his partner Dr. Emma Sweeney to join him for dinner. So when his phone rings and it is Emma he assumes she is on her way to meet him. Instead she is calling because she found the victim of a hit and run on a roadway near the labs where she works. Reilly and O'Halloran join her at the scene and Reilly immediately takes control of the case which does not appear to be an accident because the car hit the young girl once and then turned around and ran over her again. Emma goes home alone which may not be a wise idea since she is more than usually shook up because of her history of killing an intruder in self-defense. The victim has no purse or other bag but Emma thought it might be Carline Darcy, granddaughter of the head of the lab where Emma works. When the id for Carline is found in the victim's back pocket it seems sure that Carline is the victim. Except, when Reilly goes to check out Carline's apartment and tells her roommate that Carline has been killed the roommate goes to one of the suite's rooms and produces Carline herself. So the first order of business is to identify the victim but Carline denies that she gave her id to anyone and that she doesn't know who the victim is. Something about her denial doesn't seem true to Reilly but he is told by Supervisor Murphy to back off Carline given that her family is worth millions and her grandfather is an important businessman in Ireland. As the days go by the team is able to identify the victim but they are not much closer to figuring out why she was on campus or who her killer could be. And Reilly gets pulled off the case because Emma has more information that could be important to the investigation and internal affairs thinks Reilly has a conflict. Naturally he doesn't pull back and his involvement helps solve the case.As a former scientific researcher I was interested in Dr. Sweeney's work which we learn a little more about. She has developed a device to act as an artificial kidney using a combination of kidney cells with computer chips. Her research team is still working out the final details but she hopes they are close to success.I found this a compulsive read.
    • 4/5
      I liked this one more than the first, although there was something about it which prevented it from being a page-turner for me. I thought the individual police officers were better characterized (I remember finding the dynamics/politics confusing last time). However, the biggest problem for me is the Cormac/Emma relationship. We only ever see Emma through Cormac's eyes and she is a very opaque character - it is hard to understand what either of them gets out of the relationship.
    • 5/5
      This novel leaps from one complexity to another.Detective Cormac Reilly has spent the last year on the back burner, investigating cold cases at least 30 years old and now his boss has just decided to allow him to take on the Henderson case, where a manipulative husband planned to kill his wife and children. He is not sure why Murphy has allowed him to take over the case, maybe so he can trip over his own shoe laces.So the hit and run death outside Galway University is not at first his case, but eventually there is a reshuffle of case loads and it comes to him.The first discovery is that the person whom they think the victim is, is very much alive and so the body needs to be identified. Even though she is carrying Carline Darcy's swipe pass, Carline says she does on know her. There is some doubt about whether Cormac should be investigating this case because his girlfriend discovered the body. But Emma is cleared of involvement although some in the investigating team insist on referring to her as "the suspect".Cormac is not really sure of who in his team will not undermine him, and loyalties become very important as the case progresses.An excellent read.
    • 4/5
      When a young girl is found dead on the street, Cormac Reilly is assigned the case. The fact that this live in girlfriend found the body should have disqualified him but he stayed on anyway. When a second girl is found murdered in her apartment several days later, everyone feels the cases are connected and it's just a question of finding the link. Things get complicated when Reilly's girlfriend becomes a suspect.?The Scholar is a good read. The only negative is that you don't really get a feeling for what Scotland, especially Galway, is like because it is a very cute city. I'd definitely read the next book in this series.
    • 5/5
      Totally enjoyed this new author and the setting of Galway, Ireland. Please note that you don't need to read the first book in the Detective Reilly series prior to this. Both are quite enjoyable as free standing novels
    • 4/5
      Second outing for my new favorite Irish series, and just as well done as the first. Cormac is now in Galway, still relegated to cold cases and cold shoulders. All that changes when his love Emily finds a young woman who has been run over and is obviously dead. Cormac will pick up this case, which will almost cost him everything he holds dear.The writing and the storyline are both smooth, almost seem effortless. Cormac and his sense of rightness even when he knows things might be better left undone, unsaid. The entitlement of the wealthy, their ruthlessness to protect what they consider theirs, no matter what it takes, or whose life. Drugs, legal drugs, and the big money they can bring, the pressure to create the next wonder drug. An explosive situation that only gets bigger. Good stuff here.ARC from Edelweiss.
    • 5/5
      When on a late evening scientist Emma finds a young woman dead on the university premises, it looks like a hit and run without any connection to the place. But then, the police find out that she had the ID of another student with her and also wore her clothes. Carline Darcy, first presumed the victim, reacts very harshly to the police showing up at her apartment, but her behaviour makes her even more suspicious, especially since Carline comes from a very rich family owning the institute close to which the body of the still unidentified woman was found. As Cormac Reilly and his team investigate, more and more evidence pops up linking the rich girl to the murder. But also the scientist who found the victim is doubtful – wasn’t she connected to another murder just a couple of months before? And what about the fact that Emma is the leading sergeant’s partner? Dervla McTiernan’s thriller is a highly complex police investigation that I thoroughly enjoyed to read. It moves at a high pace and on every new page, new evidence appears that leads to another thread that you could follow. To fully understand to extent of the case, it takes some time and you as a reader investigate along the police all the time. The fact that sergeant Reilly himself is personally involved gives it all a bit of an extra that made the whole story even more interesting.There are two aspects in the novel that I found wonderfully elaborated. First of all, the ways dysfunctional families find their own modus operandi in which they proceed and which can never be penetrated by somebody from outside. It was mainly in a side plot that this a deeply developed, but it was also true for the protagonist’s family, just with a slight shift of interest. The second was the question of how far people are willing to go for success and recognition. These are highly valued in our times and often the main feature to define a person. If you cannot compete, you are nothing. With this attitude, to we dig our own graves in putting people under so much pressure that they cannot see a way out?All in all, very gripping and real page-turner.