# The Dead of Achill Island - Hardcover

by **Betsy Draine** (Author)

Art historian Nora Barnes and her husband, Toby Sandler, are visiting West Ireland for a family reunion. During a morning walk through a deserted village on Achill Island, Nora stumbles upon a body-her notorious uncle Bert. When a clue singles out her mother as the likely suspect, Nora and Toby are on the case to clear her name. Whether in a barroom brawl or the sauna of a swingers' club, Toby has Nora's back. As they search, the dead of Achill seem to speak from graveyards, ruined churches, and megalithic tombs. A second murder makes it all the more difficult to connect the dots. And when Nora and Toby become the next targets, their own survival is at stake.

### Author Biography

Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden are coauthors of _Murder in Lascaux_, _The Body in Bodega Bay_, and _Death on a Starry Night_, the first three mystery novels featuring Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler. They also coauthored the memoir _A Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France _and translated _The Walnut Cookbook _by Jean-Luc Toussaint. They are professors emeriti of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.__________

**Number of Pages:** 216

**Dimensions:** 0.63 x 8.81 x 5.69 IN

**Publication Date:** May 21, 2019

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- **Price:** 24.95 USD
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