I loved the beginning and the middle but near the end I literally had to speed read to the finish line.

I think I really enjoyed this book only not as much as I thought I would. Could they, too, be hidden in the bog’s treacherous depths, only to be discovered centuries from now? Or did Hugh Osborne murder his family, as some villagers suspect? Bracklyn House, Osborne’s stately home, holds many secrets, and Nora and Cormac's inquiries threaten to expose them all. Two years earlier, Mina Osborne, the wife of a local landowner, went for a walk with her young son and vanished without a trace. The red-haired girl is not the only enigma in this remote corner of Galway. Who is she? The extraordinary find leads to even more disturbing puzzles. Because the bog’s watery, acidic environment prevents decay, it’s difficult to tell how long the red-haired girl has been buried-two years, two centuries, or even much longer. When farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery-the perfectly preserved head of a young woman with long red hair-Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin must use cutting-edge techniques to preserve ancient evidence. Could they, too, be hidden in the bog’s treacherous depths, only to be discovered centuries from now? Or did Hugh Osborne murder his family, as some villagers suspect? Bracklyn House, Osborne’s stately home, holds many secrets, and Nora and Cormac's inquiries threaten to expose them all.The dazzling, award-winning debut in a series that delivers mystery, romance, suspense, and fascinating forensic detail. The dazzling, award-winning debut in a series that delivers mystery, romance, suspense, and fascinating forensic detail.

Haunted ground by erin hart