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Books about murders that aren’t about murders at all

In the Woods by Tana French

The Likeness by Tana French

Faithful Place by Tana French

Broken Harbor by Tana French

The Secret Place by Tana French

December 9, 2019 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

I feel a little bad this review, because these are excellent novels that deserve more than the fly-by treatment I’m about to give them. But I read these months ago, and I’m barely managing to accomplish a half Cannonball this year because writing reviews just isn’t happening for me lately. I have had the Dublin Murder Squad books on my TBR for some time, prompted by the positive reviews of many Cannonballers. Amusingly (to myself), putting the series out of mind for several years led to me completely forgetting what they actually were by the time I got them from […]

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  • Broken Harbor by Tana French
  • The Secret Place by Tana French

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12/9/2019 | alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No: 26 |
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| Tags: dublin murder squad, female author, Tana French | Category: Fiction, Mystery | 1 Comment

Belated Bingo – Not My Wheelhouse

The Secret Place by Tana French

December 2, 2019 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

TANA FRENCH TANA FRENCH. TANA. FRENCH. TANA FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENCH. I. Love. Tana French. She. Is. The Best. The reason that this was on my bingo card as “Not My Wheelhouse” because I pondered and was surprised to discover that murder mysteries are no longer my wheelhouse, it is just not a genre I really turn to anymore, and um, that’s got to change, because never am I more engrossed then when watching a murder mystery unfold and then unravel. In doing some reading about French I saw things like “cult following” and “diehard fans” and um, see previous opening. Anyone who […]

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12/2/2019 | ardaigle's CBR11 Review No: 43 |
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| Tags: boarding school, dublin murder squad, female friendship, Tana French, The Secret Place | Category: Fiction, Mystery | 0 Comments

We get it, they’re out to get you.

The Trespasser by Tana French

September 4, 2019 by LadyStardust 1 Comment

When Aislinn Murray is found dead in her home, alongside a table set for a romantic dinner, it seems like a classic case of “the boyfriend did it” to Detective Antoinette Conway. But further exploration of Aislinn’s past and cryptic clues from her close friends seem to point to something more sinister, along with the nagging feeling Antoinette had met the victim before. The core story of The Trespasser was a decently engaging mystery, with an end that I didn’t fully see coming, but didn’t feel pulled out of nowhere, if some of the details were a bit hard to […]

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9/4/2019 | LadyStardust's CBR11 Review No: 5 |
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| Tags: #crimefiction, #mystery, cbr11, Fiction, Tana French, the trespasser | Category: Fiction, Mystery | 1 Comment

DO NOT READ THE BOOK JACKET! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

The Witch Elm by Tana French

August 17, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

If you are in the least bit interested in this story- as an avid reader of Tana French or a curious newcomer- then heed the warning and DO NOT be tempted by the book jacket! The inciting action is described- in detail- right on the open flap of the cover, but you will spend a good 250 pages wandering around in wait. It will ruin one of the many surprises, and lend an unnecessary element of additional suspense to something that is already full of deepening dread. Do not do it! Now that you have been adequately warned, feel free […]

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8/17/2019 | andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No: 9 |
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| Tags: abuse, Dublin, family secrets, murder, old money, privilege, Tana French, trauma, unreliable narrator, violence | Category: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense | 0 Comments

In the Darkness of the Grave

The Witch Elm by Tana French

August 3, 2019 by Ellesfena 1 Comment

My library has a program where you can borrow popular ebooks with absurdly long waitlists immediately, but you can only keep them 7 days. Luckily, The Witch Elm is the kind of mystery I absolutely tear through because I can’t handle the suspense. Toby Hennessey is the sort of guy who isn’t good at any one thing in particular, but who seems to always coast by and can talk his way out of any situation. After a night out drinking with friends, he’s awakened when he realizes his apartment is being burgled. The burglars beat him savagely, and a good […]

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8/3/2019 | Ellesfena's CBR11 Review No: 22 |
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| Tags: cbr11bingo, Dublin, mystery, Tana French | Category: Fiction, Mystery | 1 Comment

What do I read next, hivemind? (I Love This)

The Trespasser by Tana French

July 19, 2019 by octothorp 2 Comments

I’m so in love with Tana French’s murder squad series that I temporarily convinced myself that I liked mysteries (keep a lookout for my Not In My Wheelhouse pick, which is almost certainly going to be one of two remaindered books I bought because I wanted more Tana French and have run out of her writing to read). I don’t know that I do, I just really like good writing, and French is amazing. So yeah, my “I Love This” isn’t the genre or the subject, it’s the author. She does an amazing job of not only creating standout characters, […]

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7/19/2019 | octothorp's CBR11 Review No: 55 |
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| Tags: cbr11bingo, I Love This, Tana French | Category: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense | 2 Comments

Small Misunderstandings and Major Desillusions

Broken Harbour by Tana French

March 3, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Primarily, reviews are about preference: did I like this book? Was it good? Usually, the two converge; what is or what isn’t good is, after all, in the eye of the beholder. Occasionally, though, these two interlinked questions separate themselves. So what do you do when a book is very good, but you’re not sure you liked it? Experienced detective Michael “Scorcher” Kennedy is called to investigate an unusually grisly crime scene: at a half-finished housing development – abandoned during the financial crisis – a young family has been attacked, leaving two young children and their father dead and their […]

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3/3/2019 | Zirza's CBR11 Review No: 10 |
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| Tags: depressing, Dublin, dublin murder squad, Ireland, Tana French | Category: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense | 0 Comments

Psycho Killer, Qu’est-ce que c’est?

In the Woods by Tana French

February 23, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Detective novels are a difficult concept to grasp, at some level. Why do we purposely seek out the sort of thing – violence, grisly murders, sex crimes, blood and viscera – we would do anything to avoid in real life? Then there are the tropes of the genre itself that work both for and against it, from the hyperconfident, competent yet over-empathic medical examiner to the tortured detective from a broken home and, more tellingly, the killer’s psychopathy. The majority of all murders are crimes of opportunity, but reading detective novels you’d think it’s Dahmer or bust. Personally I usually […]

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2/23/2019 | Zirza's CBR11 Review No: 9 |
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| Tags: dublin murder squad, Ireland, murder, psychopath, Tana French, thriller | Category: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense | 0 Comments
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