Second Sight - by Aoife Clifford (Paperback)

About the Book

When Eliza Carmody returns to her small hometown after a destructive wildfire, she witnesses a crime that draws her back into the mysteries of a childhood she thought she'd left behind for good.

Book Synopsis

When the biggest legal case of her career brings Eliza Carmody back to Kinsale, the hometown she thought she had left forever, she witnesses an old friend commit a crime that sends her on a dangerous quest to uncover the mysteries of her childhood that the rest of the town seems willing to ignore.

With her friend on the run and the police investigating the bones of an unidentified dead body at a historic homestead near town, Eliza becomes convinced that the truth lies in her memories of the New Year's Eve years ago when her friend Grace disappeared from Kinsale forever.

With the town still reeling from the devastating fire and powerful local families determined to protect young men from the consequences of their actions, Eliza begins to suspect that no one--even those she needs to trust the most--is telling the truth.

Review Quotes

"A riveting novel as both a mystery and a dissection of relationships, well written with
superb characterizations, Second Sight is an insightful, entertaining read." --New York Journal of Books

"Clifford masterfully packages skewed realities and hard-held grudges in a ride that
breathlessly picks up speed until its last shocking conclusion. Impossible to put down!" --Julie McElwain, author of A Murder in Time

"Impossible to put down and even more impossible to shake after you're finished." --William Boyle, author of A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself

"A gripping thriller. The tension is high, the pace rapid, and the plot primed to keep the
pages turning. Clifford's interwoven themes let her tackle significant contemporary issues." --The Australian

About the Author

Aoife Clifford is the author of All These Perfect Strangers, which was long-listed for both the Australian Industry General Fiction Book of the Year and the Voss Literary Prize. Born in London of Irish parents, she grew up in New South Wales and now lives in Melbourne. Clifford has won two premier short story prizes for crime fiction in Australia, the Scarlet Stiletto and the S.D. Harvey Ned Kelly Award, among other prizes. She has also been shortlisted for the UK Crime Association's Debut Dagger.