![]() I’ve read four of the author’s other books and think, for example, Broken Harbour and Faithful Places are superior. The narrator gives Antoinette a strong, gravelly Irish accent that is little different from the male characters and so I often couldn’t tell who was speaking and so found the dialogue confusing at times. ![]() Though categorized as a detective novel, it is just as much about human relationships and what drives behaviour. The best scenes are those of interviewing suspects that seem almost in real-time and ably demonstrate interrogation techniques, but the book flags at times with long meandering conversations and side issues. I found the narrative varied in pace and interest. All of her novels take place in Dublin and have one or two members of the Dublin Murder squad investigating them. Her sixth novel, The Trespasser, came out a couple of weeks ago and is excellent. Investigations into the female victim’s life reveals several lines of enquiry and possible suspects. The Trespasser by Tana French If you like crime novels and have not read Tana French, you need to. Her only ally, and professional partner, is detective Steve Moran with whom she strives to get to the truth about a death that at first seems to be an accident but turns out to be murder. She is unpopular with her colleagues who engage in silly pranks or worse try to jeopardise her work. ![]() The main character is Antoinette Conway: a tough detective up against the problems of being a woman in a male-dominated profession. This is convoluted detective novel with false trails and side stories. ![]()
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