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Broken Harbor
by Tana French
The amateur reviewer's lament: WHY is it so much harder to review a book you love, rather than one you loathe??
Tana French has given us another fantastic addition to her Dublin Murder Squad series. After a "meh" (for me, anyways) installment with Faithful Place, French is back in high gear with Broken Harbor. This time around, the hot seat is occupied by Michael "Scorcher" Kennedy. When a young family is brutally murdered on a new estate near the coast, Kennedy is on the case. Even though he has a rookie for a partner, he's got the best solve rate on the squad and it confident that he'll find his man. However, the doubts and questions pile up as this picture perfect family's past comes to light, and Kennedy's own history with Broken Harbor begins to seep into the case.
French's books are so much more than a simple mystery. The flawed characters, tragic pasts, conflicting morals, unusual settings and social commentary, take her books out of easy categorization. Add in her sparse, taut writing and it's ... what? Literary fiction? Noir? Mystery? Social history? It's a bit of everything and defies categorization except for GOOD. DAMN GOOD. SO GOOD you put everything down and read it right now GOOD.
Tana French has given us another fantastic addition to her Dublin Murder Squad series. After a "meh" (for me, anyways) installment with Faithful Place, French is back in high gear with Broken Harbor. This time around, the hot seat is occupied by Michael "Scorcher" Kennedy. When a young family is brutally murdered on a new estate near the coast, Kennedy is on the case. Even though he has a rookie for a partner, he's got the best solve rate on the squad and it confident that he'll find his man. However, the doubts and questions pile up as this picture perfect family's past comes to light, and Kennedy's own history with Broken Harbor begins to seep into the case.
French's books are so much more than a simple mystery. The flawed characters, tragic pasts, conflicting morals, unusual settings and social commentary, take her books out of easy categorization. Add in her sparse, taut writing and it's ... what? Literary fiction? Noir? Mystery? Social history? It's a bit of everything and defies categorization except for GOOD. DAMN GOOD. SO GOOD you put everything down and read it right now GOOD.