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The Trespasser
By Tana French
Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Suspense, Literary | 464 pages
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The New York Times bestselling novel by Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter, is “required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting” (The New York Times). She “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and is “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post).
“Atmospheric and unputdownable.” —People
In bestselling author Tana French’s newest “tour de force” (The New York Times), being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there. The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she’s getting close to the breaking point.
Their new case looks like yet another by-the-numbers lovers’ quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed-to-a-shine, and dead in her catalog-perfect living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There’s nothing unusual about her—except that Antoinette’s seen her somewhere before.
And that her death won’t stay in its neat by-numbers box. Other detectives are trying to push Antoinette and Steve into arresting Aislinn’s boyfriend, fast. There’s a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinetteʼs road. Aislinnʼs friend is hinting that she knew Aislinn was in danger. And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the glossy, passive doll she seemed to be.
Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid, but she can’t tell just how far gone she is. Is this case another step in the campaign to force her off the squad, or are there darker currents flowing beneath its polished surface?
“Atmospheric and unputdownable.” —People
In bestselling author Tana French’s newest “tour de force” (The New York Times), being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there. The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she’s getting close to the breaking point.
Their new case looks like yet another by-the-numbers lovers’ quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed-to-a-shine, and dead in her catalog-perfect living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There’s nothing unusual about her—except that Antoinette’s seen her somewhere before.
And that her death won’t stay in its neat by-numbers box. Other detectives are trying to push Antoinette and Steve into arresting Aislinn’s boyfriend, fast. There’s a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinetteʼs road. Aislinnʼs friend is hinting that she knew Aislinn was in danger. And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the glossy, passive doll she seemed to be.
Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid, but she can’t tell just how far gone she is. Is this case another step in the campaign to force her off the squad, or are there darker currents flowing beneath its polished surface?
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Veronica Allan
"If you read Sally Rooney to immerse yourself in the culture of Ireland, then you should also try Tana French for the grittier underbelly of Irish society. Although French was born in Vermont, she attended Trinity College Dublin and has lived in Ireland since 1990. Her award-winning crime novels have earned her the title “First lady of Irish Crime”.
I’m not generally a reader of crime, but my recent visit to Ireland put one of her books in my hands, literally, and now I’m hooked! There’s no particular order in which to read them; her first six novels are called “The Dublin Murder Squad” and feature several different central characters. My favourite so far is The Trespassers. The books are character driven and you can’t help cheering on the two junior detectives assigned to nail the boyfriend of the victim. They see through the bluster of their superiors and uncover a nasty secret within the squad that they know will not endear them to their colleagues. Tana French has a knack of keeping you turning the pages. Life on the streets and in the living rooms of Dublin will draw you in, even if you don’t generally read Crime!"
I’m not generally a reader of crime, but my recent visit to Ireland put one of her books in my hands, literally, and now I’m hooked! There’s no particular order in which to read them; her first six novels are called “The Dublin Murder Squad” and feature several different central characters. My favourite so far is The Trespassers. The books are character driven and you can’t help cheering on the two junior detectives assigned to nail the boyfriend of the victim. They see through the bluster of their superiors and uncover a nasty secret within the squad that they know will not endear them to their colleagues. Tana French has a knack of keeping you turning the pages. Life on the streets and in the living rooms of Dublin will draw you in, even if you don’t generally read Crime!"
