Holding

Graham Norton's debut novel: a beloved Sunday Times bestseller 'Deeply accomplished, with brilliantly observed, entertaining characters and an atmospheric setting'GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'One of the more authentic debuts I've read in recent years... A fine novel'IRISH TIMES'Charming... highly enjoyable... A gentle comic crime story' GUARDIAN'A beautiful piece of writing' KATHY BURKE'Heartwarming and observant'STYLIST'As moving as it is compelling'SUNDAY MIRRORThe remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled. SERGEANT P J COLLINS hasn't always been this overweight; mother of two BRID RIORDAN hasn't always been an alcoholic; and elegant EVELYN ROSS hasn't always felt that her life was a total waste. So when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of TOMMY BURKE - a former love of both Brid and Evelyn - the village's dark past begins to unravel.

As the frustrated PJ struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.