The Scholar (novel)

2019 crime novel by Dervla McTiernan

SeriesCormac Reilly

The Scholar

Author	Dervla McTiernan
Series	Cormac Reilly
Genre	crime fiction
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	2019
ISBN	9781460755419
Preceded by	The Rúin
Followed by	The Good Turn

The Scholar is a 2019 crime novel by Irish-Australian writer Dervla McTiernan.^[1] It is the second installment in the Cormac Reilly series of novels, following The Rúin and preceding The Good Turn.^[2]

In Galway, Detective Sergeant Cormac Reilly investigates the death of a young woman murdered in a hit-and-run.

Publication and awards

The Scholar won the 2020 International Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original Novel.^[3]

The novel was shortlisted for the 2020 Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel,^[4] and won the Readers Choice Davitt Award in the same year.^[5]

It was also shortlisted for the 2020 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.^[6]

References

↑ "The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ "Crime fiction: An Irish mystery evokes Tana French, a local writer revisits the JFK assassination, and an abduction on Hood Canal". The Seattle Times. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
↑ ""McKinty, McTiernan win 2020 Thriller Awards"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ ""Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ ""Davitt Award Winners 2001-2023"" (PDF). Sisters in Crime, Australia (www.sistersincrime.org.au). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
↑ ""Ned Kelly Awards 2020 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

v t e Davitt Award – Readers Choice
2002–2009	Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron (2002) Skin Deep by Cathy Cole (2003) Thicker Than Water by Lindy Cameron (2004) Peepshow by Leigh Redhead (2005) Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood (2006) Rubdown by Leigh Redhead (2006) Devil's Food by Kerry Greenwood (2007) Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage by Karen Kissane (2007) Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut by Lindy Cameron (2008) The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell (2009)
2010–2019	Forbidden Fruit by Kerry Greenwood (2010) The Old School by P. M. Newton (2011) The Brotherhood by Y. A. Erskine (2012) Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (2012) Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery by Kerry Greenwood (2013) Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (2014) Tell Me Why by Sandi Wallace (2015) Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (2016) The Dry by Jane Harper (2017) Force of Nature by Jane Harper (2018) The Lost Man by Jane Harper (2019)
2020–present	The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (2020) Darkness for Night by Emma Viskic (2020) The Shifting Landscape by Katherine Kovacic (2021) Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz (2022) The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis (2023) The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman (2024) What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (2025)
Davitt Award – Best Adult Novel

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