When the triple deaths continue, Nora and Cormac know they are in the middle of a deadly game. Erin Hart - American forensic pathologist Nora Gavin travels to an archaeological site in Ireland to assist in the excavation of a well-preserved Iron Age body that has been found in a peat bog, but when another. Nora and archaeologist Cormac Maguire, embroiled in a tumultuous love affair, must team up again professionally, and are soon enmeshed in the web of tangled desires and terrible secrets that surround this untimely death. Lake of Sorrows (Scribner, 2004) was shortlisted for a Minnesota Book. Erin Hart at Lake Inchiquin outside Corofin, County Clare, Ireland. Erin Hart - Lake of Sorrows, Paperback - A magnificent tale of death and destiny, past and present, in an Ireland rich with tradition, myth, and mystery. Both bodies bear signs of 'triple death,' a primitive practice in which a victim was ritually slain three ways, perhaps to appease some pagan trinity. Erin Hart (born September 1, 1958) is an American author of crime fiction. But his corpse does show strange similarities to that of his ancient counterpart.

How many hundreds or thousands of years ago was the man killed? Was his a ritual death, some kind of human sacrifice? These academic questions are intriguing, but of much more urgent interest is the second body found nearby, of a man wearing a wristwatch, hardly an Iron Age accessory.

As they draw closer to the truth, Nora and Cormac must exercise the utmost caution to avoid becoming the next victims of a ruthless killer fixated on the gruesome notion of triple death.American forensic pathologist Nora Gavin has been called to an archaeological site in the bleak midlands west of Dublin to assist at an excavation where a well-preserved Iron Age body has been found buried in a peat bog. Someone has come to this quagmire to sink their dreadful handiwork-and Nora soon realizes that she is being pulled deeper into the land and all it holds: the secrets to a cache of missing gold, a tumultuous love affair with archaeologist Cormac Maguire, and the dark mysteries and desires of the workers at the site. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man's remains-his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of an ancient pagan sacrifice known as 'triple death.' But signs of a more recent slaying emerge when a second body, bearing a similar wound pattern, is found-this one sporting a wristwatch. Description A magnificent tale of death and destiny, past and present, in an Ireland rich with tradition, myth, and mystery: ' Lake of Sorrows has a heft and richness uncommon in contemporary suspense novels' ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).Īmerican pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows.

Lake of sorrows by erin hart