A Savage Hunger

Paula Maguire 4

By: Claire McGowan

Narrated by: Joanne King

Blood stains the altar. Can she be found?

Paula Maguire, forensic psychologist is called in to investigate a missing girl and the disappearance of a holy relic in Claire McGowan's exhilarating fourth novel in the series, A Savage Hunter. The Paula Maguire series is sure to enthral fans of Stuart MacBride and Lee Child.

Victim: Female. Twenty-two years of age.

Reason for investigation: Missing person.

ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin.

Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic - the bones of a saint - and the only trace is the bloodstains on the altar.

With no body to confirm death, the pressure in this high-profile case is all-consuming, and Paula knows that she will have to put her own life, including her imminent marriage, on hold, if they are to find the truth.

A connection to a decades-old murder immediately indicates that all may not be as it seems; as the summer heat rises and tempers fray, can Alice be found or will they learn that those that are hungry for vengeance may be the most savage of all?

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Critic reviews

"A knockout new talent." (Lee Child)

"Ireland's answer to Ruth Rendell." (Ken Bruen)

"Astonishing, powerful and immensely satisfying." (Peter James)

"A complex, disturbing, resonant novel that remains light on its feet and immensely entertaining." ( Irish Times)

"McGowan...knows how to tell a cracking story. She will go far." ( Daily Mail)

Liked this MUCH more than the previous one!

Wasn't as wrapped around the "Ra"; won't give a procedural 5 stars when they add a side "love" interest (or in this case multiple "love" interests) because if you want that stuff by a Harlequin, otherwise, ticks the boxes! Thank you author and Audible, author is a Top-notch writer (very well-written retrospectives in this one) author merely needs to write "straight" romances or "straight" police procedurals, and NEVER mix the two genres (I HOPE author chooses police procedurals)! :)