The Find
Contemporary / mystery fiction
The Find raises one almightly question that will shake up everything we think we know.
When a well-preserved body is retrieved from deep in an Irish peat bog the questions begin. Piecing together the growing evidence, Carrie O’Neill, a bog body specialist, endeavours to make sense of all she learns about The Find. But can science alone interpret the world we live in?
“A fascinating journey where archaeology and religion meet in explosive tensions to reveal hidden danger, historical mysteries and difficult choices.” Dr Emma Tollefsen, bog body scientist.
“A thrilling mystery that took me on unexpected routes and asked some really fundamental questions separating belief from science.” Karmen Spiljak, author and book coach.
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Further Reading:
Bog Bodies - Face to face with the past. An exploration of bog bodies, bog body science and interpreting the past by specialist Melanie Giles.
Anna M Holmes contributed this piece to the Belfast Telegraph, on how her fictional story preceded a spookily similar real life bog body discovery. Fact Following Fiction (Here as a PDF)
Anna M Holmes contributed to DIYMFA. Research: The Key to Immersive World Building.
The Find is published by The Book Guild