Keefe, Patrick Radden  
  
  
    A stunning
 intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. In December 1972
 Jean McConville
 a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten
 was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders
 her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia
 no one would speak of it. In 2003
 five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland
 a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress.