From Tana French author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher a New York Times bestselling novel that proves anew that Tana French is one of the most talented crime writers alive The Washington Post. Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting. The New York Times Mick Scorcher Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard and thats how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands. On one of the halfabandoned luxury developments that litter Ireland Patrick Spain and his two young children have been murdered. His wife Jenny is in intensive care. At first Scorcher thinks its going to be an easy solve but too many small things cant be explained the halfdozen baby monitors pointed at holes smashed in the Spains walls the files erased from the familys computer the story Jenny told her sister about a shadowy intruder slipping past the houses locks. And this neighborhoodonce called Broken Harborholds memories for Scorcher and his troubled sister Dina childhood memories that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control. show more