Broken Harbour
Winner of the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book of the Year
$38.58
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2013
Summary
In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin - half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned - two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad’s star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexpli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340977651 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340977655 |
| Author: | Tana French |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 378g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Dublin Murder Squad |
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Poignant, compelling, beautifully written and wonderfully atmospheric. - Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of STAY CLOSE
A complex, well crafted psychological thriller as well as an exemplary dissection of the plight of the disappointed and desperate human wreckage washed up in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland … A hugely impressive and intelligent book … It confirms French as the First Lady of Irish Crime. - Irish IndependentA tale about the different facets of obsession and insanity … The best yet of French’s four excellent thrillers, it leaves its readers “throat-deep in terror” … enticing, threatening, atmospheric prose - ObserverA gripping story in an atmospheric setting by an author who knows how to grab a reader’s interest and never let it go. - Jessica Mann, Literary ReviewAn emotionally jolting story of love, obsession and madness is played out to incredible effect. Since her first novel, In the Woods, was larded with awards in 2007, French has garnered a huge legion of fans and they will be thrilled with this, her fourth and possibly best novel. - Carla McKay, Daily MailPoignant, compelling, beautifully written and wonderfully atmospheric. - Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of STAY CLOSEA complex, well crafted psychological thriller as well as an exemplary dissection of the plight of the disappointed and desperate human wreckage washed up in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland … A hugely impressive and intelligent book … It confirms French as the First Lady of Irish Crime. - Irish IndependentA tale about the different facets of obsession and insanity … The best yet of French’s four excellent thrillers, it leaves its readers “throat-deep in terror” … enticing, threatening, atmospheric prose - ObserverAbout The Author
Tana French
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the United States and Malawi. Her first novel, IN THE WOODS, was published in 2007: it won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry awards for Best First Novel and the IVCA Clarion Award for Best Fiction. IN THE WOODS and her other two novels, THE LIKENESS and FAITHFUL PLACE, were all New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.
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