Book description
The corpse of local teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone-
Donegal border, between the North and South of Ireland, in an area known
as the borderlands. Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin heads the
investigation: the only clues are a gold ring placed on the girl’s
finger and an old photograph, left where she died.
Then another teenager is murdered, and things become further
complicated when Devlin unearths a link between the recent killings and
the disappearance of a prostitute twenty-five years earlier - a case in
which he believes one of his own colleagues is implicated.
As a thickening snow storm blurs the border between North and South,
Devlin finds the distinction between right and wrong, vengeance and
justice, and even police-officer and criminal becoming equally unclear.
A dazzling and lyrical debut crime novel, Borderlands
marks the beginning of a compelling new series featuring Inspector
Benedict Devlin. Brian McGilloway was born in Derry, Northern Ireland
in 1974, and teaches English at St Columb’s College, Derry. Previously
he has written plays and short stories. He lives near the Borderlands,
with his wife and their two sons.
