The Searcher by Tana French ***

In the standalone novel, The Searcher by Irish writer Tana French, Calvin John Hooper (Cal) has retired from the Chicago PD to rural Ireland to find peace and quiet in Ardnakelty. He has purchased a run-down house with plans to fix it up. Instead, he met Trey Reddy, a thirteen-year-old, whose older brother had disappeared. Together they investigated the disappearance. The result was too cynical for my taste.

The many characters who people Ardnakelty and the small-town dynamics are the highlights of this novel. The small-town acceptance of the status quo which includes hopelessness and gratuitous violence was a bit depressing for my taste.

The writing is excellent.

A mystery set in a world with no justice. Other reviewers recommend her Dublin Murder Squad series instead.

For my expanded notes: https://1book42day.blogspot.com/2020/03/normal-people-by-sally-rooney.html

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