Under the Cover of Darkness: A deadly cat-and-mouse thriller from Michelle Dunne for 2026

The third gripping instalment in Michelle Dunne's instense County Cork Killings series. For fans of Jane Casey and Tana French.Inspired by the author’s own experiences as an Irish infantry soldier and UN Peacekeeper. Recruit. Soldier. Instructor. Peacekeeper… Killer.

Corporal Lindsey Ryan knew that her UN peacekeeping tour in South Lebanon would test her limits, but she never expected to become someone else entirely.

When Lindsey stumbles upon her superior, Sergeant Leo Horgan, brutally assaulting a local Lebanese woman, a split-second decision leaves him bleeding to death on a shop floor. Desperate to protect Aleena from her fiercely abusive husband and to save her own career, Lindsey and Aleena work together to ensure they can both walk away free – and alive.

But there’s a bigger picture that they know nothing about and now someone in her camp knows exactly what she did. Someone far more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.

Lindsey finds herself tormented by anonymous blackmail notes issuing terrifying ultimatums while living the reality of daily mortar attacks, enemy sabotage and the devasting loss of her brothers-in-arms…

Forced into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, not knowing who to trust, Lindsey has the fight of her life on her hands, in a war that the rest of the world knows nothing about.

Praise for Michelle Dunne:

"A taut, clever Irish mystery, with a refreshingly different main character, that pulls you in and refuses to let go." Bestselling crime author Ross Greenwood

'Phenomenal!!!!' Reader Review

'Loved it! A real page turner' Reader Review

'Brilliantly told story with heart and soul. Couldn't put it down.' Reader Review

'Just curl up and enjoy... brilliant!' Reader Review

'I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn't put it down!' Reader Review

© 2026 Boldwood Books (E-bog): 9781807034931

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E-bog: 28. oktober 2026