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Lake of Sorrows: A Novel (2004)

by Erin Hart

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  SuziQoregon | Mar 31, 2013 |
While in Ireland to examine a hundreds-year-old body found in a bog, forensic pathologist Nora Gavin gets involved in investigating two other seemingly related murders and helping to prove her boyfriend’s innocence. This is a well-written, solid story with numerous suspicious characters to keep it interesting and a bit of darkness to keep it a little edgy. ( )
  gaylebutz | Sep 5, 2012 |
When in a gloomy mood, I love how Hart's characters all have some dark hidden secret(s). I didn't feel there was much character development of Nora and Cormac, although their relationship has seemed to hit a wall in the book. The mystery itself was good - a string of murders and a wide range of characters all hiding something with an overcast Irish atmosphere makes for a good read. ( )
  thetearose | Apr 1, 2011 |
Good, quick read. Has history, romance, archaeology, mystery. All my favorite components in a small, enjoyable package. ( )
  Altamari | Apr 12, 2010 |
The second 'whodunnit' with Nora Gavin and Cormac McGuire. The first one of the series I read and I am so impressed with this book.
The atmospheric images of the landscape, the portraits of the characters and the authenticity of it all simply makes this a very good read indeed and adds a lot of extra pleasure to a more than decent plot at a nice pace. If you like to be dragged into a story as if you were there, including making very real mental images of the story then this is a book for you. ( )
  Mishaken | Jan 27, 2010 |
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Je suis la mère : de tous les bosquets,
Je suis l'embrasement : de toutes les collines,
Jesuis la reine : de toutes les ruches,
Je suis le bouclier : de toutes les têtes,
Je suis la tombe : de tout espoir.
Extrait de la Chanson d'Amheirgin, vieux poème irlandais
Livre un

A Feidelm banfaid,
cia facci ar slùag.
Atchiu fordeg forro,
atchiu ruad.

oh, Feldem, femme prophète,
Que vois-tu pour nos hôtes ?
Je les vois tachés de vermeil, Je vois du rouge !

Extrait de Tàain Bo Cuailnge, poème épique irlandais.
Livre deux

Où sont l'honneur et la pitié, je vous le demande, de ceux-là qui croient le mieux apaiser les dieux immortels par des crimes de sang ?
Cicéron,auteur romain du 1er siècle avant J.C.,
à propos des Gaulois
Livre trois

Ils parlent par énigmes, se contentent d'allusions, laissent quantité de choses inexpliquées.

Posidonius, philosophe grec du 1er siècle avant J.C., à propos des Celtes
Livre quatre

...dans ces cas-là ils consacrent un être humain à la mort et lui plongent un poignard dans la région du diaphragme, et quand la victime s'affaisse ils prédisent l'avenir en fonction de manière de sa chute, la gesticulation de ses membres, et l'écoulement de son sang...

Diodore de Sicile, historien grec du 1er siècle avant J.C., à propos des druides
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Seventy miles straight west of Dublin, at the northern perimeter of Loughnabrone Bog in the far western reaches of County Offaly, Nora Gavin had already formed a distinct image of the man she was supposed to rescue today.
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Acclaimed by the critics for her luminous first novel, "Haunted Ground," Erin Hart returns with a magnificent new tale of death and destiny, past and present, in an Ireland rich with tradition, myth, and mystery.

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, whohasn'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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"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."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)

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