One Hundred Names. Cecelia Ahern

Bernadette Toomy

      9  Raymond Cosgrave

      10  Olive Byrne

      11  Marion Brennan

      12  Julio Quintero

      13  Maureen Rabbit

      14  Patrick Quinn

      15  Gloria Flannery

      16  Susan Flood

      17  Kieran Kidd

      18  Anthony Kershaw

      19  Janice O’Meara

      20  Angela O’Neill

      21  Eugene Cullen

      22  Evelyn Meagher

      23  Barry Meegan

      24  Aiden Traynor

      25  Seamus Tully

      26  Diana Zukov

      27  Bin Yang

      28  Gabriela Zat

      29  Barbara Tomlin

      30  Benjamin Toland

      31  Anthony Spencer

      32  Aidan Somerville

      33  Patrick Leahy

      34  Cyril Lee

      35  Kelly Marshall

      36  Josephine Fowler

      37  Colette Burrows

      38  Ann Kimmage

      39  Dermot Murphy

      40  Sharon Vickers

      41  George Wallace

      42  Michael O’Fagain

      43  Lisa Dwyer

      44  Danny Flannery

      45  Karen Flood

      46  Máire O’Muireagáin

      47  Barry O’Shea

      48  Frank O’Rourke

      49  Claire Shanley

      50  Kevin Sharkey

      51  Carmel Reilly

      52  Russell Todd

      53  Heather Spencer

      54  Ingrid Smith

      55  Ken Sheeran

      56  Margaret McCarthy

      57  Janet Martin

      58  John O’Shea

      59  Catherine Sheppard

      60  Magdalena Ludwiczak

      61  Declan Keogh

      62  Siobhán Kennedy

      63  Dudley Foster

      64  Denis MacCauley

      65  Nigel Meaney

      66  Thomas Masterson

      67  Archie Hamilton

      68  Damien Rafferty

      69  Ian Sheridan

      70  Gordon Phelan

      71  Marie Perrem

      72  Emma Pierce

      73  Eileen Foley

      74  Liam Greene

      75  Aoife Graham

      76  Sinéad Hennessey

      77  Andrew Perkins

      78  Patricia Shelley

      79  Peter O’Carroll

      80  Seán Maguire

      81  Michael Sheils

      82  Alan Waldron

      83  Carmel Wagner

      84  Jonathan Treacy

      85  Lee Reehill

      86  Pauric Naughton

      87  Ben Gleeson

      88  Darlene Gochoco

      89  Desmond Hand

      90  Jim Duffy

      91  Maurice Lucas

      92  Denise McBride

      93  Jos Merrigan

      94  Frank Jones

      95  Gwen Megarry

      96  Vida Tonacao

      97  Alan Shanahan

      98  Orla Foley

      99  Simon Fitzgerald

      100  Katrina Mooney

      There was no summary, synopsis or anything to explain who these people were or what the story was. Kitty looked in the envelope for more but there was nothing.

      ‘What does it say?’ Pete asked, no longer able to stand the silence.

      ‘It’s a list of names,’ Kitty replied.

      The names had been typed and were numbered along the left-hand side from one to one hundred.

      ‘Are the names familiar?’ Pete asked, stretching his body so far over the table he was practically crawling on it.

      Kitty shook her head, feeling a failure again. ‘Maybe you guys will recognise them.’ She slid the page down the table and the other three jumped on it like lions on a piece of fresh meat. They placed it in the centre of the table in front of Pete and huddled round it. Kitty watched their faces, hoping for some signs of recognition but when they finally lifted their heads, looking as confused as she had, she sank back in her chair both relieved and confused. Should she know what the names meant? Had she and Constance had a conversation about it before? Was there a hidden message?

      ‘What else is in the envelope?’ Pete asked.

      ‘Nothing.’

      ‘Let me see.’

      He doubted her again, and she in turn doubted herself, despite looking inside it twice. Quickly seeing there was no further information he tossed the envelope back on the table and Kitty dived for it and held it protectively as if he had thrown a baby.

      ‘Did she keep notes?’ Pete asked Bob. ‘In a book or on file? Maybe there’s something in the office.’

      ‘If