A Distant Grave: A Maggie D'arcy Mystery

Sarah Stewart Taylor

Jun 2021 · Maggie D'arcy Mysteries Book 2 · Sold by Minotaur Books

About this eBook

In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D'arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland in A Distant Grave.

Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new case demands Maggie's attention. The body of an unidentified Irish national turns up in a wealthy Long Island beach community and with little to go on but the scars on his back, Maggie once again teams up with Garda detectives in Ireland to find out who the man was and what he was doing on Long Island. The strands of the mystery take Maggie to a quiet village in rural County Clare that's full of secrets and introduce her to the world of humanitarian aid workers half a world away. And as she gets closer to the truth about the murder, what she learns leads her back to her home turf and into range of a dangerous and determined killer who will do anything to keep the victim's story hidden forever.

With the lyrical prose, deeply drawn characters, and atmospheric setting that put The Mountains Wild on multiple best of the year lists, Sarah Stewart Taylor delivers another gripping mystery novel about family, survival, and the meaning of home.

Ratings and reviews

law-enforcement, procedural, thriller, international-crime-and-mystery, politics, murder, murder-investigation, romance, Ireland, New York***** Very complex. The first body was an unknown on a stark Long Island beach. He turned out to be an Irish national working for a respectable NGO all over the world. But his people have no idea why he is in the US. The next body is the solicitor in Ireland who was closely associated with the first man. Detective Maggie D'arcy is the homicide detective from New York who follows the evidence from home accompanied by her young daughter while also taking a planned vacation to Ireland to spend time with Connor and his son. Great character exploration, plot twists like a double helix, more red herrings than ever. Now I'm stuck because I don't know what to say without doing the spoiler thing. I loved it and it grabbed me by the brain and wouldn't let go. I requested and received a temporary eARC from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

About the author

SARAH STEWART TAYLOR is the author of the Sweeney St. George series and the Maggie D'arcy series. Taylor grew up on Long Island in New York and was educated at Middlebury College in Vermont and Trinity College in Dublin. She lived in Dublin, Ireland in the mid-90s and she now lives with her family on a farm in Vermont where they raise sheep and grow blueberries.