Book description
From Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, a New York Times bestselling novel that "proves anew that [Tana French] is one of the most talented crime writers alive" (The Washington Post).
"Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting." -The New York Times…
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2 authors picked Broken Harbor as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I really enjoyed this book because it rang true for me.
The new partnership between Det. Scorcher Kennedy and Richie Curran is one that I’m quite familiar with. French balances the challenges of Scorcher’s personal life with the complexities of the investigation at hand very well.
In many ways, this book reminds me a lot of the BBC series Happy Valley (which absolutely nails the policing culture). And that it’s set in Ireland doesn’t hurt!
From Desmond's list on police procedurals with a flawed protagonist.
This story starts out simply enough: a gruesome crime with some mysterious holes in the walls and a strange collection of baby monitors. But add to this the eerie landscape of an abandoned suburb (the perfect metaphor for broken dreams) and you have a story about the insidious decay of paranoia that eats its way into a family and tears it apart from the inside. Tana French is a masterclass on how to explore the labyrinth of the human mind through fiction. When I read Broken Harbor, it snaked around my mind until I was so far inside the…
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