Paperback, 432 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2011 by Penguin Books.
Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was a nineteen-year-old kid with a dream of escaping hisi family’s cramped flat on Faithful Place and running away to London with his girl, Rosie Daly. But on the night they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn’t show. Frank took it for granted that she’d dumped him-probably because of his alcoholic father, nutcase mother, and generally dysfunctional family. He never went home again. Neither did Rosie. Then, twenty-two years later, Rosie’s suitcase shows up behind a fireplace in a derelict house on Faithful Place, and Frank, now a detective in the Dublin Undercover squad, is going home whether he likes it or not.
(back cover)
Wow, Tana French is such a good writer! It's easy to characterize her books as "crime dramas" but the stories are populated by such rich individuals that any genre-tag is going to be insufficient.
Her three novels so far have been set in Ireland. I was able to hear the dialogue in my head, and see the houses and pubs, thanks to her terrific writing.
Wow, Tana French is such a good writer! It's easy to characterize her books as "crime dramas" but the stories are populated by such rich individuals that any genre-tag is going to be insufficient.
Her three novels so far have been set in Ireland. I was able to hear the dialogue in my head, and see the houses and pubs, thanks to her terrific writing.
