Many thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing Little A for gifting me a digital ARC of this true crime book by Claire McGowan - 3.5 stars rounded up.
In the 1990s, eight women went missing in a small triangle area of Northern Ireland. In an area reeling from The Troubles, these women were basically ignored and their cases floundered or ignored.
I'm a huge fan of Claire McGowan's thrillers. This one was a tougher read for me. I'm probably more of a timeline reader when it comes to true crime; this book was ordered by and stressed the political and societal issues in Ireland and the world. Therefore, I never got quite as involved in the individual murders and missing women stories because there were so very many stories, as well as mentions of them to understand societal issues. But it was a good and necessary read - there is not one among us who is not important and no death or missing person should be ignored. And no victim should be shamed because of their sex, profession or clothing choice.
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