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A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Best Thriller of the Year (So Far) An NPR Favorite Fiction Read of 2024 A Parade Best Book of 2024 So Far Named a Best Beach Read of 2024 by Entertainment Tonight and Harper’s Bazaar
“Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French spins a taut tale of retribution, sacrifice, and family.”—TIME
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.
Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge.
From the writer who is “in a class by herself,” (The New York Times), a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.
Customers say
Customers find the writing quality wonderful, crisp, and complex without being affected. They appreciate the vivid descriptions of the Irish countryside and community identity. They also find the characters rich and well drawn. Readers enjoy the storyline, which teems with mystery and emotional truth. However, some feel the pacing is slow.
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