In the Woods (#1/6 Dublin Murder Squad) by
Tana French features two crimes involving children. Twenty years ago
twelve-year-old Adam Robert Ryan’s two best friends disappeared. Now
twelve-year-old Katherine Devlin was discovered murdered in the same area and
Rob Ryan with partner Cassie Maddox are assigned to investigate. If you demand justice
for these innocent children, this is not the book for you.
Tana French is an accomplished writer with interesting characters and richly detailed settings. Her plots twist and turn. She all sneaks in obscure (to me) literary references. For example when Ryan says, “Don’t let me fool you into seeing us as a bunch of parfit gentil knights galloping off in doublets after Lady Truth on her white palfrey,” this is a quote from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
This is a gritty story. In addition to all the discussion of child abuse, there are corrupt politicians and a teenage boy who gang rapes his girlfriend.
My new favorite series with engaging characters and complex plots (set in Dublin).
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