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The Vanishing Triangle

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a true-


crime investigation that cast a dark shadow over the
Ireland of her childhood.Ireland in the 1990s seemed a
safe place for women. With the news dominated by the
Troubles, it was easy to ignore non-political murders and
sexual violence, to trust that you weren?t going to be
dragged into the shadows and killed. But beneath the
surface, a far darker reality had taken hold.In this
candid investigation into the society and circumstances
that allowed eight young women to vanish without a
trace?no conclusion or conviction, no resolution for their
loved ones?bestselling crime novelist Claire McGowan
delivers a righteous polemic against the culture of
secrecy, victim-blaming and shame that left these women?s
bodies unfound, their fates unknown, their assailants
unpunished.McGowan reveals an Ireland not of leprechauns
and craic but of outdated social and sexual mores, where
women and their bodies were of secondary importance to
perceived

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