"A retired Chicago PD officer moves to a rural village in Ireland after a muddled divorce and gets caught up in a missing person’s case. What could go wrong? Lots of things. Tana French wrote a story that reads like a movie. All of her characters are written in the fullness of who they are; they’ve gone through real things, made real mistakes – they feel like people you’d meet in a small town where everyone knows everything about each other… and don't appreciate outsiders sniffing around. A true page turner and just a really well written book!"
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication Date 2021-11-02
Section New Titles - Paperback / Mystery / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Hannah W.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780735224674
A New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times and NPR Best Book of 2020
"This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." —Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post
"A new Tana French is always cause for celebration . . . Read it once for the plot; read it again for the beauty and subtlety of French's writing." —Sarah Lyall, New York Times
Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
"One of the greatest crime novelists writing today" (Vox) weaves a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense, asking how to tell right from wrong in a world where neither is simple, and what we stake on that decision.
