Author: Tana French
Genre: Mystery/Crime
Page Count: 429
Book Type: Paperback (Owned)
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143113492
From Goodreads: As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
My Review: First off, the cover... love it. I adore how it is made of roots especially since the detective is sort of going back to his roots. The cover is what caught my eye in the story. I'm sorry, the cover is what draws me to a book, but I swear the synopsis is what finalizes my decision.
This is truly an amazing book all the way until the end. The chapters are quite long, but it was a nice read once I got used to all of the Irish terms and slang. This book had the potential to be one of my favorite books and then the end hit. I was severely disappointed. I have heard the companion book, which follows his partner on a new case is a lot better. I have it on my bookshelf, but I've been apprehensive about reading it since finishing this one.
I would suggest picking this up as long as you like detective/psychological mystery books and that you are aware that the ending is, shall we say, less than satisfactory.
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