The 4th book in the Dublin Murder Squad books is a tightly wound journey into the mind of a detective and the mind of the murderer.
The case is a family brutally attacked in their home leaving husband/father Pat dead, children Emma and Jack also dead and mother Jenny barely clinging to life.
Was having lost his job too much for Pat causing him to cross some line and think his family would be better off dead? Was it a stranger? Was it someone else?
As Mick Kennedy and his new partner Richie Curran investigate they each think they know who did it. And while they are investigating the case Mick's past begins to be revealed and plays a part in how he handles this case.
I've enjoyed Tana French's writing in all four of her books. I love how in some of the dialogue it is written so it reads that you hear it in your head in an Irish accent. This one was slightly off to me because of the heavy use if "I said" but the story telling and writing was like a coil that slowly begins to tighten until the end when the truth comes out and the tension becomes very thick.
Over all I liked this book and will continue to read what ever she comes out with.
(finished May 21, 2013)
The other Dublin Murder Squad books:
Book 1- In The Woods
Book 2- The Likeness
Book 3- Faithful Place
Each book works as a stand alone as well but I read them in order.
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