{"product_id":"where-they-lie-1","title":"Claire Coughlan: Where They Lie [2024] paperback","description":"Some stories demand to be told. They keep coming back, echoing down through \u003cbr\u003ethe decades, until they find a teller . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDublin, 1943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActress Julia Bridges disappears. The last sighting of her is entering the house of Gloria Fitzpatrick, who is later put on trial for the murder of another woman whose abortion she facilitated. But it’s never proved that Gloria had a hand in Julia’s death – and Julia’s body has never been found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGloria, however, is sentenced to life in an institution for the criminally insane, until \u003cbr\u003eher apparent suicide a few years later, and the truth of what happened to Julia \u003cbr\u003eBridges dies with her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUntil . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDublin, 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicoletta Sarto is an ambitious junior reporter for the Irish Sentinel when the bones of Julia Bridges are discovered in the garden of a house on the outskirts of Dublin. Drawn into investigating the 25-year-old mystery of Julia’s disappearance and her link to the notorious Gloria Fitzpatrick, the story takes Nicoletta into the tangled underworld of the illegal abortion industry, stirring up long-buried secrets from her own past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs much a murder mystery story as a look at a young woman’s struggle to \u003cbr\u003esucceed in a man’s world, Where They Lie is a beautifully atmospheric debut \u003cbr\u003ethat will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Coughlan has worked as a journalist for the past 18 years, most recently for publications such as BookBrunch.co.uk and the Sunday Independent. She is \u003cbr\u003ecurrently receiving mentoring as part of the Words Ireland mentoring programme, \u003cbr\u003efunded by Kildare Arts Service and the Arts Council. In 2017, she was mentored by crime novelist Tammy Cohen as part of the WoMentoring scheme. Claire has \u003cbr\u003epreviously been the recipient of Arts Council funding, as well as a literature bursary from Dublin City Council. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UCD. She lives in Co Kildare with her husband and daughter.","brand":"Coughlan, Claire","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47746856386899,"sku":"XG81398521711","price":1.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47777647231315,"sku":"XV81398521711","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":46826240770387,"sku":"9781398521711","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/coughlan-claire-claire-coughlan-where-they-lie-2024-paperback-59954408554835.jpg?v=1731054541","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/where-they-lie-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}