Rose Laney has returned to Belfast after 18 years. As she reconnects with an old friend and helps him with a new case she’s forced to come to terms with the past she ran away from, and question what her mothers true role was in the Troubles.

This is a fantastic crime thriller that doesn’t shy away from Northern Ireland’s past but weaves it into the story. I enjoyed the way the author wove together a cold case and the multiple murder case to create a sophisticated plot that kept you guessing right up to the end. Usually I’m good at guessing whodunnits, but this one definitely took me by surprise!

I listened to the audiobook version read by Melanie McHugh and it was fantastically narrated! It was refreshing to hear a book set in Ireland actually narrated by someone from there.

My only criticism is that the plot was a little slow at times. Maybe that was intentional to mimic the frustration the characters felt about their case, but it could definitely have been more fast-paced at some points.

The ending sets the book up perfectly for a sequel, and I really hope Dempsey takes advantage of that and turns it into a whole series!

4.25* really enjoyed the book. Great topic. Striking cover. 
A mix between a modern investigation and an old case. 
Iona Gardener confesses to the murder of four people at the site of an old mystery and the dilapidated cottage has graffiti saying who took Eden Mulligen with 5 dolls strung up in the garden. 
It immediately drew my interest. 
The investigation took awhile to get going. We are diverted with Roses family history the ‘troubles’ in NI and reason for her return to Belfast. She has spent a long time putting her past behind her and distancing herself from her past and her mother’s politics, changing her name, her accent, her politics. 
Too much time was spent on Rose’s back story for me at the beginning of the book which had a detrimental effect on the pace. 
Interesting to see how people are still struggling in the aftermath of the troubles living with the atrocities that occurred. I really engaged with Eden’s children. 
Most of the book concentrated on the historic story. 
I like the narrator and the accent which was a nice lilt, and added interest and tension well. 
My Fav quote from the book is  ‘sometimes the dead don’t stay dead’
The ending is particularly good.

Who Took Eden Mulligan?  by Sharon Dempsey

Intrigue and mystery from the first pages.  A young woman, covered in the blood of her murdered friends, confesses to killing them.  But the police know she did not.  Then there is the question written on the wall at the crime scene: Who Took Eden Mulligan?  The detectives will have to dig back to  a case from 1986 and try to find a connection between the two.  This is a great blend of how life was like in the 1980's in Ireland during the Troubles and how the events of that era effect modern day Ireland.

Audio version of this book 📚- A good read/listen though I did find it slow in places. I also got a little frustrated by the storyline, the book starts with a grizzly scene of 5 gruesome murders, however, The main characters spent most of their time dealing with a cold case that was, at first glance, only a small part of the gruesome scene which seems to get forgotten along the way! Otherwise a good who done it ! The narrator was good and brought the characters to life

Rose Lainey left Belfast behind and became a forensic psychologist in London. She wants to forget her childhood in Ireland and her mother’s involvement with the IRA. She’s back, briefy, for her mother’s funeral, when she gets caught up in a gruesome multiple murder. Her best friend from college, Danny Stowe is the DI charged with the case and he needs Rose’s input. She reluctantly agrees to help and is immediately drawn back into the past, to the Troubles, when mother of five, Eden Sullivan, vanished without a trace. Eden’s name was written on the wall of the home of the current murder scene. What is her connection to the slaughter of five people? MacHugh’s melodious Irish accent brings this dark story to life (and reminded me of my beloved grandparents )

A Mixture of true crime and a psychological thriller! The narrator set the scene perfect, I absolutely loved listening to this while walking my dog, definitely had to stop at times because I got so immersed in the story line! Strong themes of family, community and strong will. Would love to have a physical copy of the book to re-read! Thank you so much to Net Galley, the author and publisher for allowing me an early copy of this!