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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  leperdbunny | Jul 5, 2009 |  In this sequel to Haunted Ground, anthropologist Nora Gavin and archaeologist Cormac Maguire team up once again to solve the mystery of a pair of bodies found in an Irish bog. One man is from the Iron Age, and the other is from the twentieth century, but they have something in common: both men were killed in the ritualistic style of the “triple death.” As Nora and Cormac search for the identity of the modern corpse, they begin to uncover the secrets of the local villagers and the workers at the archaeological dig. Then more bodies begin to appear...and Cormac himself is one of the police’s main suspects. Will Nora be able to uncover the truth, clear Cormac’s name, and avoid getting killed herself? By and large, I think Erin Hart is a very good writer. Lake of Sorrows is very atmospheric; as with Haunted Ground, I loved the evocative details of Ireland that she portrays. She also draws complex, well-rounded characters, which is unquestionably an attribute in a writer. However, in Hart’s case, I almost felt like she spent too much time on the various characters. There were so many of them, each with his or her own complete history and story line. I think the book would have benefited if she had cut a few of the characters and focused more narrowly on the central ones. The overall tone also felt a little dreary and depressing to me (although I guess I should have expected that, given the title!)…but maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood to read it. I do plan to continue with the Nora/Cormac books, as I believe there is at least one more coming out. christina_reads | Jun 28, 2009 | The second book by Erin Hart in a nice gothic suspense story. (  ) Lnatal | Jun 23, 2009 | Ireland, aerchaelogy (  ) enfantfleur | Apr 18, 2008 | Second in a series featuring Nora Gavin, who is called in with a museum team to examine a body found in a bog west of Dublin. The area is called Illaunafulla (Island of Blood) and it is on the shore of Loughnabrone (Lake of Sorrows). As it turns out, both are aptly named. As Nora's investigation is proceeding out at the bog site, a young archaeologist finds another body in another bog hole. Although the manner of death of both bodies is pretty much the same, the original bog body was about 500 years old; the other one had only died within the last 30 years. Nora and Cormac Maguire, her romantic interest, get involved in helping police solve the case, but at great risk to both of them. Lake of Sorrows was an afternoon of reading and did manage to hold my interest because of the complicated plot. I happen to like mysteries set in Ireland, and there were enough characters and enough red herrings to keep the pages turning. I'm not a huge fan of romance in novels, but the action between Nora & her honey wasn't so over the top that it made me lose interest in the main mystery. I think any mystery reader would enjoy this book, and if you like mysteries set in Ireland with a bit of historical component, then you may enjoy this one as well. I don't necessarily think you have to read the first one, Haunted Ground, to follow this one -- it can pretty much stand alone. I read Haunted Ground some 4 years ago and had pretty much forgotten it until finding an old review on bookcrossing that I'd written -- I didn't feel as if I'd missed anything in this book. Overall, not too bad -- not as gritty say as the novels by Ken Bruen or Benjamin Black's Quirke series, also set in Ireland, but a bit more on the mainstream side than either of those. Still, it was a fun read. (  ) bcquinnsmom | Mar 16, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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American forensic pathologist Nora Gavin has been called to an archaeological site in the bleak midlands west of Dublin to assist at an excavation where a well-preserved Iron Age body has been found buried in a peat bog.
How many hundreds or thousands of years ago was the man killed? Was his a ritual death, some kind of human sacrifice? These academic questions are intriguing, but of much more urgent interest is the second body found nearby -- of a man wearing a wristwatch, hardly an Iron Age accessory. But his corpse does show strange similarities to that of his ancient counterpart. Both bodies bear signs of "triple death," a primitive practice in which a victim was ritually slain three ways, perhaps to appease some pagan trinity.
Nora and archaeologist Cormac Maguire, embroiled in a tumultuous love affair, must team up again professionally, and are soon enmeshed in the web of tangled desires and terrible secrets that surround this untimely death. When the triple deaths continue, Nora and Cormac know they are in the middle of a deadly game.
Everyone they meet seems to have something to hide: archaeologist Ursula Downes and bog manager Owen Cadogan can barely contain their mutual antipathy; bog worker Charlie Brazil and archaeology student Rachel Briscoe are eccentric misfits with family troubles; police detective Liam Ward has never completely recovered from his wife's suicide. And watching them all from the periphery is the shadowy figure of Brona Scully, who hasn't uttered a word in the last ten years.
The danger mounts, fueled by illicit liaisons, rumors of ancient gold, and one person's thirst for vengeance. Nora and Cormac must tread carefully, for as they draw closer to the truth, they come ever nearer to becoming the next victims of a ruthless killer.
A gripping follow-up to Hart's sensational debut, weaving together history, folklore, and forensics, and following in the evocative tradition of writers such as Elizabeth George and Daphne du Maurier, Lake of Sorrows is a passionate novel of suspense from a superbly gifted new crime-writing star.
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Author: Erin Hart
Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction
# of pages: 328
Start date: N/A
End date: 07/04/09
Borrowed/bought: borrowed
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B
Description of the book: In this second installment of the Irish based mystery series, protagonist Nora Gavin investigates the mystery of the bog man killed by triple death, and the mystery of the Loughnabrone hoard and the mystery of the Brazils.
Review: Great followup to her first book. I thought there would be a little more development like the last book with the historical fiction part of the book. Also the resolution seemed really long or maybe it was because I figured out what was going on with the storyline? A fun read with the backdrop of Ireland, nonetheless. (