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Country Ireland Series Dublin Murder Squad Publication date 2 July 2012 Originally published 2 July 2012 Page count 496 Followed by The Secret Place | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Publisher Viking Adult Media type Print (hardcover) Preceded by Faithful Place Genre Mystery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tana french talks about her new book broken harbour hodder stoughton
Broken Harbour is a crime novel written by Irish novelist Tana French, originally published on 2 July 2012 by Hatchette Books Ireland. It is the 4th book in the Dublin Murder Squad series and was first published in the USA by Viking Penguin a member of the Penguin Group (USA). Tana French was honored with the 'Irish Crime Fiction Award' a bestseller list, eventually reaching the No.3 position. It was also listed in the 'Ireland AM Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009–2013'.
Contents
- Tana french talks about her new book broken harbour hodder stoughton
- Plot
- Characters
- Reception
- Awards and Nomination
- References
By April 2013, the book had stormed into the Irish book charts to occupy the 3rd position as a best seller. It was also listed in the 'Ireland AM Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009–2013'.
Plot
A ghost estate outside Dublin – half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned – two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder Squad’s star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once.
Scorcher’s personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she’s resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk.