February Book of the Month 2024
Emer Griffiths is missing without a trace. Garda Réamonn Seoighe finds her body in a lonely corner on the banks of the Liffey. Her son, Dan, is devastated by her death, but why is he reluctant to talk to the guards?
Colmán Ó Gríofa, her estranged husband, is in his holiday home on the Béarra peninsula that same weekend, separated from Emer but still devoted to her.
His neighbour Aoife Nic Diarmada supports him as she becomes involved in the case. Together with the authorities, they sift through a mosaic of substantial clues and fabricated evidence. The night witnesses a covert surveillance operation as time inches relentlessly forward. Will the perpetrator be unveiled before another life is claimed?
“SA PHOLL BÁITE captivates readers with its exploration of societal discord, shining a penetrating light on the hidden poisons lurking within the human soul.”
This work won a prize in the Oireachtas Literary Competitions in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Foras na Gaeilge Irish Fiction Book of the Year Award in the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2023.
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Emer Griffiths is missing without a trace. Garda Réamonn Seoighe finds her body in a lonely corner on the banks of the Liffey. Her son, Dan, is devastated by her death, but why is he reluctant to talk to the guards?
Colmán Ó Gríofa, her estranged husband, is in his holiday home on the Béarra peninsula that same weekend, separated from Emer but still devoted to her.
His neighbour Aoife Nic Diarmada supports him as she becomes involved in the case. Together with the authorities, they sift through a mosaic of substantial clues and fabricated evidence. The night witnesses a covert surveillance operation as time inches relentlessly forward. Will the perpetrator be unveiled before another life is claimed?
“SA PHOLL BÁITE captivates readers with its exploration of societal discord, shining a penetrating light on the hidden poisons lurking within the human soul.”
This work won a prize in the Oireachtas Literary Competitions in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Foras na Gaeilge Irish Fiction Book of the Year Award in the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2023.