Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2010.

"When Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin is summoned to a burning barn, he finds the remains of a man who is identified as a local drug-dealer. It soon becomes clear that the man's death was no accident.
Meanwhile, Devlin's former-colleague's teenage son has gone missing during a seaside camping trip. Devlin is relieved when the boy's mother receives a text message from her son's phone, and so when a body is washed up on a nearby beach, the inspector is baffled.
Just as it seems he's closing in on the truth, a personal crisis will strike at the heart of Ben's own family, and he will be forced to confront the compromises his career has forced upon him.
Gripping, affecting and always surprising, 'The Rising' is a dark tour de force." -- Back cover