Author: Tana French
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Release Date: July 24th, 2012
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Pages: 533
Format: Electronic Copy
Acquired: ARC; Netgalley
Interest: Series
Others in the Series: In The Woods, The Likeness, & Faithful Place
Age Group: Adult
In BROKEN HARBOUR, a
ghost estate outside Dublin - half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned
- two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to
intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the
Murder squad’s star detective. At first he and his rookie partner,
Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the
recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and
finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details
and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once.
Scorcher’s personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she’s resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk
Scorcher’s personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she’s resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk
Tana French! I was sucked into her world when I first read In The Woods, and while I may have had to jump two books in order to review this one (since I don't pay too much attention apparently) I'm glad to say that I wasn't too confused!
Welcome to Dublin, where crime is all around. Once again, French proves her talent as being one of the best authors around. She has a writing style that is both unique and gripping and takes the reader into a world that one never wants to leave.
The world came to life in my hands, and the words just danced right off the page and into my imagination.
Honestly, French brings realistic characters into the world with a plot that takes the readers on a roller coaster ride.
Scorcher was a character I wanted to pity but at the same time I was frustrated with him. There was just a lot of conflicting emotions between both the case and the personal lives.
If one wants a mystery that takes people away, this is the book to read.
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