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A searing psychological crime novel from the international bestseller Tana French.
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...
About the Author
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the United States and Malawi. Her first novel, In The Woods, was published in 2007: it won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry awards for Best First Novel and the IVCA Clarion Award for Best Fiction. IN THE WOODS and her other two novels, The Likeness And Faithful Place, were all New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.
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...
About the Author
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the United States and Malawi. Her first novel, In The Woods, was published in 2007: it won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry awards for Best First Novel and the IVCA Clarion Award for Best Fiction. IN THE WOODS and her other two novels, The Likeness And Faithful Place, were all New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.
Industry Reviews
Poignant, compelling, beautifully written and wonderfully atmospheric. - Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of STAY CLOSEA complex, well crafted psychological thriller as well as an exemplary dissection of the plight of the disappointed and desperate human wreckage washed up in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland . . . A hugely impressive and intelligent book . . . It confirms French as the First Lady of Irish Crime. - Irish IndependentA tale about the different facets of obsession and insanity . . . The best yet of French's four excellent thrillers, it leaves its readers "throat-deep in terror" . . . enticing, threatening, atmospheric prose - ObserverA gripping story in an atmospheric setting by an author who knows how to grab a reader's interest and never let it go. - Jessica Mann, Literary ReviewAn emotionally jolting story of love, obsession and madness is played out to incredible effect. Since her first novel, In the Woods, was larded with awards in 2007, French has garnered a huge legion of fans and they will be thrilled with this, her fourth and possibly best novel. - Carla McKay, Daily MailPoignant, compelling, beautifully written and wonderfully atmospheric. - Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of STAY CLOSEA complex, well crafted psychological thriller as well as an exemplary dissection of the plight of the disappointed and desperate human wreckage washed up in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland . . . A hugely impressive and intelligent book . . . It confirms French as the First Lady of Irish Crime. - Irish IndependentA tale about the different facets of obsession and insanity . . . The best yet of French's four excellent thrillers, it leaves its readers "throat-deep in terror" . . . enticing, threatening, atmospheric prose - Observer
ISBN: 9780340977651
ISBN-10: 0340977655
Series: Dublin Murder Squad
Published: 14th May 2013
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 544
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 3.4 x 13 x 19.8
Weight (kg): 0.38
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