After the Silence: a twisty page-turner of deadly secrets and an unsolved murder investigation

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I could tell that he wasn’t the lovely, caring husband that he was making himself out to be, but I just couldn’t put my finger on what was wrong. I think O'Neill has developed a fascinating psychology in Keelin and told an important story about domestic violence while also weaving in a genuinely intriguing mystery.

The islanders believe they know who killed her, but it was never proven and the murderer walks free. I’ve previously read Louise O’Neill’s The Surface Breaks and while this was a completely different kind of story it was just as compelling and unforgettable. On the one hand, he knows exactly what he is doing: he is the mastermind, the manipulator, cunningly controlling his wife for his own ends. Louise O’Neill is an auto-read author for me (if you haven’t read Only Ever Yours, drop what you’re reading and grab it now!However there's not much to the story at all but Louise's excellent writing kept me turning pages without once feeling bored. Ten years later a film crew from Australia arrive to film a documentary about the murder that shook the islanders and perhaps also uncover the truth about what happened that night. Her every relationship seems toxic and abusive, whether by outright violence or more insidious coercive control.

But there’s so much more going on behind the scenes and I think Louse O’Neill portrayed that perfectly. After The Silence by David Loschke—a first contact story in the “hard science” stream of science fiction―Our Milky Way Galaxy is more than 13,000 million years old. But what makes this book sublime is how O’Neill connects the dots for us between Henry’s behaviour and our patriarchal society.Keelin and her husband Henry are the prime suspects and they've been vilified by the local residents where they live. The bad weather isn’t the only danger sweeping across the island that night though, with old resentments and new revelations leading to a worse tragedy than superficial storm damage.