The Silent Dead (Paula Maguire 3)
An Irish crime thriller of danger, death and justice

Oh Paula, I love you but you were so frustrating in this book! I didn’t really agree with any of the choices made in this one, or the thought processes behind said choices. And also this one was a little too heavily political for my general mystery preferences, it dragged a bit. It’s very much cente......more

The Paula Maguire series from Claire McGowan is brilliantly addictive, great storytelling, intriguing and intelligent plotting with some truly memorable characters, not least of which is Paula herself. Having followed her story from the start I was really looking forward to this one and honestly, it......more

I've really enjoyed the Paula Maguire series so far by Claire McGowan and The Silent Dead is a great addition and personally my favourite so far. I would certainly recommend that you start at the beginning of the series as, although this is a standalone story, you will get so much more out of it by......more

I've now given up half-way through this third book of the series. Overall, the writing is competent, and the characters fairly well fleshed out, but the central character continues to make inexplicably stupid choices for the sake of manufacturing internal conflict. Similarly, the romantic element fe......more

Listened to in audio format. The Silent Dead is the third book in the Paula Maguire series. I did not dislike this book but I preferred the first two books more. I felt there were many too many characters in the story, if you are listening to a book it is hard to go back to find out who a character i......more