![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cal feels someone is watching him and he’s right, as it turns out, and this drags him into a search for local wrong-side-of-the-mountain urchin Trey’s missing brother, Brendan.įrench's novel isn't in a huge hurry to get to the plot, but you won’t mind the wait because you get to spend it with local characters like Cal’s farmer neighbour Mart and local shopkeeper Noreen. It doesn’t last, needless to say, because there wouldn't be much sport in that. Cal Hooper, a retired Chicago cop, buys a wreck of a house in rural Ireland, and finds a kind of happiness in carrying out the repairs and the peaceful beauty of the surrounding area. The Searcher is the second stand novel by the American-Irish writer after 2018's The Wych Elm, another book that earned its share of acclaim. ![]() That didn't agree with me at all, but I shouldn't judge a book by its cover (version). I've heard good things about them, but my reticence to get stuck in may have something to do with the TV show which was based on two of the novels in the series. I must admit that I haven't read any of Tana French's wildly popular Dublin Murder Squad books. ![]()
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