Somebody Knows by Michelle McDonagh is a gripping study of family ties that bind

Fiction

'Somebody Knows' by Michelle McDonagh

Breda Brown

It’s 30 years since the body of Lucia Casey was found ­buried in a bog in Connemara, 18 months after she went missing from her Galway home. Despite a murder investigation into the tragic death of the 22-year-old, nobody has been convicted of the crime and ­mystery still surrounds what happened to her.

Meanwhile, local journalist Cara Joyce has always known she was adopted and, thanks to a loving, happy upbringing, she has never dwelled too much on her origins. But as her adoptive mother Kitty lies dying, Cara overhears a conversation that starts her looking into Lucia’s death.