The RisingWhen Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin is summoned to a burning barn, he finds inside the charred remains of a man who is quickly identified as a local drug dealer, Martin Kielty. It soon becomes clear that Kieltys death was no accident, and suspicion falls on a local vigilante group. Former paramilitaries, the men call themselves The Rising. Meanwhile, a former colleagues teenage son has gone missing during a seaside camping trip. Devlin is relieved

and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown

'The courtroom scenes are brilliant

and experiences of art and literature

it performs on every level'

Yet when Anna's life is threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear

Golden Hill and The Alienist meet Gangs of New York in this sweeping historical crime drama set in 18th century New York

she must find out whether she is being warned of the next attack

Ken Liu returns to the series that has helped bridge the great epics of our history from the Aeneid to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms into a series that is unsurpassed in its depth of scope and adventure

another suicide case

the republican victories of Oliver Cromwell

and an entire John Buchan novel condensed to five pages

In every investigation