The Boy Who Fell

Kids can be so cruel.

They'll call you names.

Hurt your feelings.

Push you to your death.

In the garden of an abandoned house, Luke Connolly lies broken, dead. The night before, he and his friends partied inside. Nobody fought, everybody else went home safely. And yet, Luke was raped and pushed to his death. His alleged attacker is now in custody.

DCI Tom Reynolds is receiving the biggest promotion of his career when a colleague asks him to look at the Connolly case, believing it's not as cut and dried as local investigators have made out. And as Tom begins to examine the world Connolly and his upper class friends inhabited, the privilege and protection afforded to them, he too realises something.

In this place, people cover up for each other. Even when it comes to murder.

PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN'S TOM REYNOLDS SERIES

'A stunning read' Woman's Way

'Refreshing and full of twists' Express

'Clever, pacey, compulsive' Sunday Mirror

'Expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely' Irish Independent

“Engrossing”

Fabulous . . . Clever, pacey, compulsive - Sunday Mirror

Refreshing and... full of twists - The Express

Spain's blackly comic touch pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale - Daily Mail

A brilliantly dark tale - Mail on Sunday

A clever and unusual premise . . . punchy and energetic . . . a brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride - Irish Independent

Brilliantly crafted . . . each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end - Prima

A scathing overview of the Celtic Tiger years . . . [a] vivid portrait of a fascinating monster - Irish Times

This gripping novel is more of a whydunnit than a whodunnit - Best

JO SPAIN is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, With Our Blessing, was a finalist in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and she's become a regular Top Ten Irish bestseller with her subsequent eleven novels. Jo co-writes and produces the internationally acclaimed Harry Wild TV series and is currently working on several TV productions, including the adaptation of her own Detective Tom Reynolds series. Jo and her family live in Dublin.

Kids can be so cruel. They'll call you names. Hurt your feelings. Push you to your death. In the garden of an abandoned house, Luke Connolly lies broken, dead. The night before, he and his friends partied inside. Nobody fought, everybody else went home safely. And yet, Luke was raped and pushed to his death. His alleged attacker is now in custody.DCI Tom Reynolds is receiving the biggest promotion of his career when a colleague asks him to look at the Connolly case, believing it's not as cut and dried as local investigators have made out. And as Tom begins to examine the world Connolly and his upper class friends inhabited, the privilege and protection afforded to them, he too realises something. In this place, people cover up for each other. Even when it comes to murder. PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN'S TOM REYNOLDS SERIES 'A stunning read' Woman's Way 'Refreshing and full of twists' Express 'Clever, pacey, compulsive' Sunday Mirror 'Expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely' Irish Independent

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