Epub Pkd A Maze of Death

A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret.

''A beautifully written, profoundly moving and immersive account of grief that will bring solace.'' – Louise France, The Times

Mother and daughter Anne Mayer Bird and Catherine Mayer were widowed within 41 days of each other on the eve of the pandemic, then locked down alone. Their profound isolation was broken just once a week, when Catherine visited Anne to care for her, at distance and in a mask. Together they found ways to navigate their loss and the startling questions and challenges that confronted them.

The brutal killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier just days before Christmas in 1996 has proved to be Ireland's highest-profile, most baffling and controversy-stalked murder mystery.