Faithful Place: A Novel (Unabridged)
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4.4 • 114 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
From Tana French—author of The Witch Elm and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post)—the bestseller called “the most stunning of her books” (The New York Times) and a finalist for the Edgar Award.
Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was a nineteen-year-old kid with a dream of escaping his familyʼs 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 didnʼt show. Frank took it for granted that sheʼd 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, Rosieʼs 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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This murder mystery takes complicated, dysfunctional families to a whole new level. Over 20 years ago, Dublin teenager Frank Mackey hatched a plan to run away to London with his girlfriend, Rosie, but she never showed up. Now a police detective, Frank uncovers evidence that something nefarious held her back. Only problem is, he wants nothing to do with his old neighborhood or his toxic family. Tana French is an expert at crafting an irresistible mystery. The third book in her acclaimed Dublin Murder Squad series teems with characters who feel like living, breathing people with secrets, rumors, and lost dreams. Narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds’ expressive Irish accent and quietly emotional delivery expertly captures the sense of foreboding that lingers as Frank inches reluctantly closer to the truth. Whether you’ve read the rest of the loosely connected series or not, Faithful Place is a mystery to savor.
