Without Trace – Ireland's Missing: Profiling the Disappearances of Men, Women and Children in Ireland since 1970

by Barry Cummins

The bestselling author of Missing is back with more cases of Ireland's disappeared men, women and children who have vanished without trace while going about their normal lives. What happened to two young boys who vanished in Belfast while waiting for a bus in November 1974? Where is Trevor Deely, last seen walking in Dublin in December 2000? What happened to Dutch woman Leidy Kaspersma, last seen walking in Co. Kerry on a summer's day in 1978? In Without Trace Barry Cummins profiles these and other cases of people who have vanished across Ireland in the last four decades. He also explores dozens of cases of unidentified bodies which lie in graveyards and morgues from Donegal to Wexford. Cummins shows how Irish authorities could help to give some of these people back their identities. He examines ongoing efforts to find the bodies of IRA victims buried in secret graves in Monaghan, Meath and Louth, and delves into the cases of people abducted, murdered and secretly buried by Ireland's criminal gangs. And there are many other types of missing person cases in this intriguing book, from a twenty-year campaign by the family of one missing woman to get answers about her case, to the amazing story of one missing Irishmans return from the grave in England. Without Trace is an informative and heart-stopping read.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

267 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2010

Reviews

[Vanessa Meachen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A big improvement on Cummins' previous book on Ireland's missing persons, this one covers several individual cases and also has chapters covering unidentified bodies and the IRA 'Disappeared'. Cummins also makes a really good case for better services for the families of missing persons and for a more coordinated response in many cases. His chapter on 'Failure to Find Bodies' has some damning cases, such as the bloke who was found, three years after he went missing, less than a few hundred yards from where he was last seen.

[gareth cahoon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of time

If I could give the rating for this book less than one star u would. It is a book very hard to read and understand. Its very hard to read as it just jumps from one story to the next. I'm sorry but it needs slot of work done to it.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Briskly written account of various missing-persons cases in Ireland. Intriguing and poignant.

[Ellen Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

A real eye opener

Good book, easy to read and follow, quite an eye opener. I hope that these families will find some peace and closure in the not too distant future