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Broken Harbor
by Tana French
Tana French. You did me in with this one. Did. Me. In.
This is not just a crime fiction book - it goes beyond the crime, the murder, into the psyche of people on the edge. It brings into play how money and our consumer society shapes us, changes us blinds us. It raises questions of moral ambiguity in situations that should be black and white. And just when you think you have a handle on it, it throws a curve into it that you never saw coming. And then another. And then another.
Scorcher, our murder detective (last seen as the jerk cop in Faithful Place), is called to the scene of a brutal triple murder - a husband and his two kids. The wife is teetering on the edge between life and death. And - wouldn't you know it - the scene of the crime is the place where Scorcher's mother committed suicide when he was fifteen years old. Creepy, right?
Throw in the mix Scorcher's brand new partner, a peeping tom, an unknown wild animal in the attic being filmed through a baby monitor, and a crumbling housing development left half empty by the economic recession, and you have got yourself a novel that kept me up multiple nights and completely blindsided by the ending.
I really enjoyed this one. Five stars. Recommend.
This is not just a crime fiction book - it goes beyond the crime, the murder, into the psyche of people on the edge. It brings into play how money and our consumer society shapes us, changes us blinds us. It raises questions of moral ambiguity in situations that should be black and white. And just when you think you have a handle on it, it throws a curve into it that you never saw coming. And then another. And then another.
Scorcher, our murder detective (last seen as the jerk cop in Faithful Place), is called to the scene of a brutal triple murder - a husband and his two kids. The wife is teetering on the edge between life and death. And - wouldn't you know it - the scene of the crime is the place where Scorcher's mother committed suicide when he was fifteen years old. Creepy, right?
Throw in the mix Scorcher's brand new partner, a peeping tom, an unknown wild animal in the attic being filmed through a baby monitor, and a crumbling housing development left half empty by the economic recession, and you have got yourself a novel that kept me up multiple nights and completely blindsided by the ending.
I really enjoyed this one. Five stars. Recommend.