Broken Harbor: A NovelTana French
Viking Adult, July 2012
ISBN: 978-0670023653
The mesmerizing fourth novel of the Dublin murder squad by New York Times bestselling author Tana French
Mike "Scorcher" Kennedy is the top detective in Dublin’s Murder Squad. A by-the-book sort of man, Kennedy has the highest solve rate of anyone else in the squad--a fact which makes him the subject of much envy. So it was inevitable that when the call came in about a murdered family of four, Scorcher got the case.
Scorcher and his rookie partner, Ritchie, are sent to a crime scene in one of the half-built, half-abandoned luxury developments that fill Ireland’s hills--a crime scene Scorcher figures is open and shut--but there are too many things that can’t be explained away. Things like the many baby monitors, their cameras pointed at holes in the walls; files erased from the family’s computer; the stories about an intruder who was slipping past the locks of the house all seem at odds with this simple murder case.
Scorcher and Ritchie soon find out that there’s more to this case than just a murdered family, as this luxury development is in a neighborhood once called Broken Harbor, a neighborhood that holds painful memories for Scorcher. Now Scorcher needs to deal with his own issues while solving one of the most complicated cases of his career.
In Broken Harbor, the fourth novel in the Dublin murder squad series, French returns with her trademark combination of police procedural and psychological thriller. As with previous books, French succeeds at convincing the reader they have solved the case, then completely upending everything to reveal a completely unexpected twist. Highly recommended!
TANA FRENCH grew up in Ireland, the US, Italy and Malawi. She trained as an actress at Trinity College Dublin and has worked in theatre, film and voiceover. She is the author of In the Woods (2007), The Likeness (2008) and Faithful Place (2010). Her books have won Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Barry and ICVA Clarion awards and have been finalists for LA Times and Strand Magazine awards. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.
ISBN: 978-0670023653; ISBN10: 0670023655; Imprint: Viking Adult; On Sale: 7/24/2012; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 464; $27.95
