Published 2012
About the Book:
The mesmerizing fourth novel of the Dublin murder squad by New York Times bestselling author Tana French
Mick "Scorcher" Kennedy, the brash cop from Tana French’s bestselling Faithful Place, plays by the book and plays hard. That’s what’s made him the Murder squad’s top detective—and that’s what puts the biggest case of the year into his hands.
On one of the half-built, half-abandoned "luxury" developments that litter Ireland, Patrick Spain and his two young children are dead. His wife, Jenny, is in intensive care.
At first, Scorcher and his rookie partner, Richie, think it’s going to be an easy solve. But too many small things can’t be explained. The half dozen baby monitors, their cameras pointing at holes smashed in the Spains’ walls. The files erased from the Spains’ computer. The story Jenny told her sister about a shadowy intruder who was slipping past all the locks.
And Broken Harbor holds memories for Scorcher. Seeing the case on the news sends 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 Harbor, back when they were children.
With her signature blend of police procedural and psychological thriller, French’s new novel goes full throttle with a heinous crime, creating her most complicated detective character and her best book yet.
My Thoughts:
Another 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads for me! Love love love Tana French! This one really kept me guessing for a long time on who the killer was. As the About the Book states near the end, Scorcher was definitely one of her most complicated characters for the detectives so far. I went in really unsure what I thought about him, but was really intrigued by him as the book went on. This one might be one the darkest and most disturbing yet as well of her books, but I like that sort of thing. I think I was more spooked when reading it late at night than her others too. What I really love about her books is how they are a psychological/murder mystery genre but also they are really deep, complex character studies. I highly recommend all of them!
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