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The Mountains Wild Chapters

Chapters 1 & 2

My mother singing.

Thats one thing I remember.

Molly Malone, Red Is the Rose, Danny Boy.

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Chapters 7 & 8

I remember the long, whitewashed hotel from before.

Its close to the road, making its stand in the landscape.

Chapters 9 & 10

I met Roly Byrne for the first time at the Irishtown Garda Station.

illustration of a half-packed suitcase on a bed

As soon as I see her, I know theres been a development.

Talked to Detective Byrne.'

On Sandymount Strand

Chapters 33 & 34

The wind is whipping dead leaves all around the park.

illustration of two hands and silver claddagh necklace

I sit up for a minute.

Its eleven

Chapters 39 & 40

Roly calls at seven.

Im still in bed, staring at the ceiling, and I jump up and scramble for the phone.

illustrated silhouette of woman in driver’s seat with landscape at sunset out the windows

He turns lights on and makes tea.

illustration of white hotel building in distance surrounded by trees and mountain

illustration of a young woman with her ear pressed up against a door listening

illustration of four silhouetted people around a table interrogating young woman in dark room with blinds shut

illustration of Trinity College Dublin student ID card for Erin Mary Flaherty DOB 3/14/1970

illustration of person reflected in placid pond with four ducks

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Illustration of front page of Irish Independent newspaper

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Illustration of a woman in a lit-up Irish phone booth on a dark street and a man in shadow

Illustration of woman in long coat on beach looking up at black birds flying against a sky of mostly gray clouds

Illustration of view through window of man leaning against building on dark street

Illustration of two girls sitting on driftwood log on a beach on a cloudy morning

Illustration of white stone cottage with black roof, window boxes and trellis

Illustration of William Lecky statue at Trinity College in Dublin

Illustration of man and woman on cliff overlooking the sea at Howth Head, Ireland

Illustration of leather jacket hanging on door at end of apartment hallway

Illustration of fancy pastry with whipped cream and cherry on top

Illustration of man following woman on path with trees and tall grass

Car in a field beneath tall trees, aglow in the darkness

Illustration of broken window and shards of glass in darkness

Illustration of man on dark basement stairs

Illustration of man ascending trail holding shovel at dusk