[books 2016] The Secret Place
31. The Secret Place by Tana French
Tana French writes straight up crime fiction set in and around Dublin. Her first book, Into the Woods, is a real page-turner, and the second, The Likeness, is one of the most painfully suspenseful things I've ever read. Everything since, while still good, has been a disappointment in comparison.
In this (newish) one, a detective in the cold cases unit is given some new information about a murder that took place on the grounds of an expensive girls' school the previous year. He's desperate to get onto the murder squad and so volunteers to go to the school to conduct some interviews with the lead detective from the original investigation (who is now an outcast). They have one day to get the kids to talk & work out what happened.
It's still not as good as the first two books but was definitely better than average with well observed characters and perfectly paced.
Tana French writes straight up crime fiction set in and around Dublin. Her first book, Into the Woods, is a real page-turner, and the second, The Likeness, is one of the most painfully suspenseful things I've ever read. Everything since, while still good, has been a disappointment in comparison.
In this (newish) one, a detective in the cold cases unit is given some new information about a murder that took place on the grounds of an expensive girls' school the previous year. He's desperate to get onto the murder squad and so volunteers to go to the school to conduct some interviews with the lead detective from the original investigation (who is now an outcast). They have one day to get the kids to talk & work out what happened.
It's still not as good as the first two books but was definitely better than average with well observed characters and perfectly paced.