The Back of Beyond

West Cork by sambungey

Mar 29, 202127:22Society & Culture

A body is found at the end of a path leading to three houses. In West Cork, the police, known in Ireland as ‘the guards,’ have little experience with serious crime, and the victim—a French woman with a holiday home in th...

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