Dublin Murders
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What creeps along in the woods, watching and waiting for the children of Knocknaree?
In other words, some sort of offering or servant sent from the devil.
The woods, no matter who you are, will haunt you.
For Rob, that means a strange kinship with forests.
As a 30-something murder detective, its the site of his best and worst childhood memories.
For a grown Jonathan, its his daughters murder site.
Theyre a hideaway for all manner of things, good and evil.
But its practicality that convinces Cassie to go along with his plan.
We can control it, hide in plain sight, Rob says.
Well see about that.
Rather than tightening up, Cassie and Robs investigation is branching out.
Someone out for a jog?
Probably none of the above.
So they put this theory aside.
He righteously told the man calling that he ought to send his best lads.
Its possible, the detectives conclude, that the caller made good on that threat.
she screams at Jonathan, implicating him in something, though we dont know what.
Is it possible Margaret believes Jonathan guilty of walloping Katy on the head and then suffocating her?
Is there some deeply grooved marital fissure we cant possibly know about yet?
Theres good reason for the detectives, especially Rob, to believe the cases are connected.
But Mrs. Fitzgerald, in all her gossipy wisdom, offers them some crucial information along with the scones.
Jonathan, she explains, was wild and lucky to marry into Margarets higher-class family.
left Catholic Ireland for an abortion, a common occurrence before Ireland finally legalized abortion in 2018).
Cassie too has some secrets, the kind that seem like they may get her killed.
the invented identity Cassie once assumed.
