Following The Wake - Tapa blanda

The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leeched into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune; and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her But, of all those who had contact with her none suffered more than the wife and son of VJ Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat? Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to linger, and Gil Sweeney has become obsessed with finding out what really happened when he was a little boy of eight...

Gemma O'Connor was born in Dublin and educated in Ireland and France. Married with three children, she now lives in Oxford where she worked as a bookbinder and restorer for ten years and in publishing for three years before taking up writing. Her acclaimed novels are Sins of Omission, Falls the Shadow, Farewell to the Flesh, Time to Remember and Walking on Water.