Haunted Ground

· Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Jennifer McMahon
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12 hr 19 min
Unabridged
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When farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery—the perfectly intact body of a young woman with long red hair—archaeologist Cormac O’Callaghan and pathologist Nora Gavin are thrown together by their shared scientific interest in human remains. Because of the preservative effect of the bog, it is difficult to tell whether the body has lain there for two decades, two centuries, or two millennia. As they dig into the mystery of the red-haired girl, they are drawn into the two-year-old disappearance of a landowner’s wife and young son. The story delves through the many layers of Ireland’s turbulent past, tracing the still-visible footprints of fortified tower houses and ancient burial mounds, ever mindful of the eternal, subliminal connections between past and present.

About the author

Erin Hart was born in Indiana and raised in Minnesota. She attended Saint Olaf College and the University of Minnesota and worked as an arts journalist for a time before turning to fiction, memoir, and essay. Her debut novel, Haunted Ground, won the Romantic Times Best First Mystery Award and the Friends of American Writers Award, and was also nominated for the Anthony and Agatha Awards. Her other works include Lake of Sorrows, False Mermaid, and The Book of Killowen. She lives in Minnesota.

Jennifer McMahon is the author of nine novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Winter People and Promise Not to Tell. She graduated from Goddard College and studied poetry in the MFA writing program at Vermont College.

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