Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Notwithstanding the huge, huge weight of expectation which rests on her slender shoulders, bestselling author Paula Hawkins who rose to instant fame with her monstrous psychological debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, returns with a tousled thriller which may or may not receive the same adulation as her first outing but will still be lapped up by her millions of fans worldwide. In The Girl on the Train, the focus of the plot was on three women, with a dysfunctional protagonist taking centre-stage. Whittling down the number to two, but not necessarily the pace and suspense of the plot, Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water focuses on two sisters who have not seen each other for many years now. If the emotional turmoil of the characters are at the heart of her first novel, then expect her second novel to flow on a similar plane albeit in a very different direction.

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins is set in the fictional small town of Beckford, Northumberland, through which runs a river. There is a spot in the river called the Drowning Pool, which the folks of the town described as "infected by the blood and bile of persecuted women." Over the years, this bend in the river has become the graveyard for considerable number of women. And this sleepy town is home to a celebrated writer, photographer and single mom, Danielle “Nel” Abbott, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Lena. Under disturbing circumstances, Lena’s friend Katie killed herself by jumping into the pool. A few weeks after the death of Katie, Nel’s dead body was also found in the river. At the time of her death, Nel was working on a book about the Drowning Pool and had done extensive research on its history and the victims it claimed. She was convinced that something more sinister than a suicidal tendency was at work in the death of so many women in the pool. In another part of England Jules Abbot swore she'd never set foot in Beckford again, but the death of her sister, Nel, compelled her to return to the home town she fled years earlier and take charge of the niece she had never met before and find out the truth behind the mysterious death of her older sister. Jules find it difficult to believe that her sister who was writing a book on the pool and its victims would purposely kill herself there. An investigation headed by Det. Insp. Sean Townsend was also underway to probe the death of Nel. The author sets up the story nicely, pregnant with possibilities.

Unlike The Girl on the Train, Into the Water is mounted on a gigantic scale with an impressive cast. Readers who are familiar with The Girl on the Train will easily recall that the story was thinly populated, whereas, Into the Water is flooded with an eclectic cast of characters too numerous to mention. If The Girl on the Train was told from the perspective of a dishevelled and unstable narrator, Into the Water is told from a myriad of eleven perspectives. While it is certainly ambitious and extraordinary, there is every chance of the reader getting lost in confusion trying to make sense of the story in the labyrinth of narratives which constantly shifts from the first to third person. But this elaborate narration through different viewpoints with each chapter devoted to a different character will be most certainly appreciated by many readers as it added depth to the characters involved and lends credence to their roles in the story. While it would be too harsh to judge Into the Water on the scale of The Girl on the Train, this story of a small town with big secrets which explores the psychology of relationships and the unreliability of memory leaves me with the gut feeling that memory is just simply a storehouse of imagination and, sometimes, things do not appear as they really are.

If you expect another The Girl on the Train or The Girl on the Train II, you’ll be sorely disappointed. But if you read and judge Into the Water on its own merit, you’ve got yourself another winner from Paula Hawkins.

The Great Passage by Shion Miura

For many fiction lovers, a story based on the historical and cultural heritage of Japan may not be a great idea of an exciting getaway from the hustle-and-bustle of life. I was also in two minds about the book. Should I or should I not kept floating in my mind, until I finally decided that the other Kindle First selection for the month of May were too similar to other books that I have read in past and settled for Japanese author Shion Miura’s The Great Passage, which has been beautifully rendered into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter.

I’m sure many readers will agree with me if I say there is great reward when you dive into a book without any expectation. I did the same with this book. I just wanted to browse all over and see what it was all about. Whether it was a fine read or an enjoyable one was secondary. All I wanted with the book was to explore it and learn something new about Japanese history and culture, if there was any. In the end, I got much more than what I bargained for. I was richly rewarded in ways I least expected. My knowledge of Japanese culture was not only enriched, but I also got my share of fun and humor down through the pages of the book.

The Great Passage by Shion Miura is a story that follows three generations of publishing house staff working in the Dictionary Editorial Department of Gembu Books. It revolves around the making of a dictionary - The Great Passage, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. It has some very funny and quirky characters in Kohei Araki and Mitsuya Majime, complex yet well-developed. Both Araki and Majime are wholly dedicated to the creation of The Great Passage. The way they see and feel things will really resonate well with many readers.

The Whistler by John Grisham

We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice.

But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens.

Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.

But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history.

What’s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month’s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It’s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money.

But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous.

Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.

REVIEW
Bestselling author John Grisham is one of the most popular novelists of our time, who first shot into prominence in 1988 with "A Time to Kill”, a story set in a small fictional town called Clanton, Mississippi. It was the story of a ten-year-old black girl who was raped and disfigured by two whites, of an incensed father who takes the law into his own hands by killing the two rapists in a courthouse shooting, and of the young but sharp defense lawyer Jake Brigance who saved him from the gas chamber.

Since then there has been no looking back for John Grisham. He has written almost thirty #1 bestsellers. As a huge fan of the author, I noticed that he had earlier shied away from female protagonists, though in 1993 he delivered a stunning and suspenseful novel, The Pelican Brief, with Darby Shaw as the female protagonist. It took the author twenty-one years to create another female protagonist in his mediocre 2014 outing Gray Mountain. With just a gap of one year and a novel, Grisham returns with a thriller about a dangerous investigation into high levels of judicial corruption featuring a female protagonist.

The Whistler by John Grisham is about two investigators, Lacy Stoltz and Hugo Hatch, who work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, which monitors judicial misconducts. With much not happening, Lacy finds her work quite dull. But that changes soon after she is approached by Greg Myers, who represented a whistle blower. Greg is a disbarred lawyer, and he wanted Lacy to investigate a corrupt judge who was working in collusion with the mafia taking in $250,000 in cash each month. This money comes from a casino operated by Native Americans with a merciless mobster at the helm. Will the judge and the mobster who have been working together seamlessly for the past 11 years allow Lacy to blow the lid on their clandestine activities?

In The Whistler, you can expect John Grisham to deliver what he has always delivered – a superb plot with the kind of legal drama only he can deliver. It is an engrossing look at judicial corruption which will make readers think twice in future. As always, he has created finely etched characters who are easily relatable. Lacy Stoltz’s character has been imaginatively conceived. She is attractive but at the wrong side of her thirties, and is still single. This is not merely another legal thriller from the ace writer but one with elements of romance, mystery and suspense. If you’re disappointed by Sebastian Rudd in Rogue Lawyer (2015), author John Grisham will make it up with Lacy Stoltz in The Whistler.

The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty years with the LAPD speak for themselves.


Soon one of Southern California's biggest moguls comes calling. The reclusive billionaire is nearing the end of his life and is haunted by one regret. When he was young, he had a relationship with a Mexican girl, his great love. But soon after becoming pregnant, she disappeared. Did she have the baby? And if so, what happened to it?

Desperate to know whether he has an heir, the dying magnate hires Bosch, the only person he can trust. With such a vast fortune at stake, Harry realizes that his mission could be risky not only for himself but for the one he's seeking. But as he begins to uncover the haunting story--and finds uncanny links to his own past--he knows he cannot rest until he finds the truth.

At the same time, unable to leave cop work behind completely, he volunteers as an investigator for a tiny cash-strapped police department and finds himself tracking a serial rapist who is one of the most baffling and dangerous foes he has ever faced.

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I love books with names that sound interesting. This latest Harry Bosch mystery thriller, The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly, is one that I wouldn’t miss for anything in the world. And my optimism about the book was richly rewarded as this installment brings out the best in both the author Michael Connelly and his creation, the maverick but simply unpindownable and indefatigable Harry Bosch. Surely, our hero has come a long way since the release of the first installment, The Black Echo, in the early nineteen nineties.

In The Wrong Side of Goodbye, bestselling author Michael Connelly spins a nail-biting suspense-filled action adventure, weaving different threads into the story for an exciting climax. The main thread revolves around Whitney Vance, a reclusive billionaire who believes that his time is almost up, and must do something about it. He arranged a secret meeting with Bosch and pays $10,000. Vance tells Bosch that he has no heir to his empire and wants him to find out if his lover, a Mexican named Vibiana Duarte, who disappeared more than sixty years ago when he was about eighteen years old borne him a child. But it was to be investigated inconspicuously without the knowledge of the board of his company.

When Bosch sets out on the Vance case, he instinctively knew that it was like searching for a needle in a haystack. Daunting and dangerous! There are many who would prefer to let the fast sinking billionaire die a lonely death. Bosch also had to deal with the case of the serial rapist, who was nicknamed “Screen Cutter.” Author Michael Connelly crafted a wonderfully conceived story with diverse threads that will leave readers gasping for a breath or two. With the Connelly-twists and turns and an eclectic cast of characters, the story flows seamlessly from beginning to end. The sheer intensity of the plot and brilliance of Connelly leaves me wondering if I have just read his finest work to date.

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community—and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett’s mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret.

“All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we’d taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season.”

It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother’s recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor’s son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it’s not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance—and the subsequent cover-up—will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth. As Nadia hides her secret from everyone, including Aubrey, her God-fearing best friend, the years move quickly. Soon, Nadia, Luke, and Aubrey are full-fledged adults and still living in debt to the choices they made that one seaside summer, caught in a love triangle they must carefully maneuver, and dogged by the constant, nagging question: What if they had chosen differently? The possibilities of the road not taken are a relentless haunt.

In entrancing, lyrical prose, The Mothers asks whether a “what if” can be more powerful than an experience itself. If, as time passes, we must always live in servitude to the decisions of our younger selves, to the communities that have parented us, and to the decisions we make that shape our lives forever.

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The title is not exactly something that you’d look for. But beneath this bland and uninviting name lies a story that is poignant, captivating and simply un-put-downable. The Mothers by Brit Bennett turns out to be one of the most exciting books of the season, and debutant author Brit Bennett the toast of many readers. With her work featured in prestigious publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel, author Brit Bennett is here to stay and I’m looking forward to read more of her books in the years to come.

The Mothers is the story of seventeen years old Nadia Turner who is grieving the death of her mother. The pain is all the more acute as her mother didn’t die a natural death. She’d committed suicide. Set in Oceanside, CA, this is also the story of Luke, who is the son of the local church’s pastor. Then there is Aubrey Evans, with whom Nadia shares a common bond. They are both without mothers. But in Aubrey’s case, her mother didn’t die. She’s motherless because her mother chose to be. And the two girls also share one thing in common – Luke, with whom both fall in love at different point of time.

The Mothers by Brit Bennett is a deeply moving story which centres around this trio of teenagers and follow them till their mid-twenties - through high school, college and into adulthood. What makes the book really engaging is the difficult choices each have to make, and how it will shape their lives. The author crafted a brilliant story with nuanced characters, allowing delicate shades of meaning to be appreciated. It is a riveting, heart-wrenching and moving story about mothers, and motherhood with many readers likely to relate themselves to the situations and characters in the story. While the title can refer to Nadia herself, it would be more pragmatic to say that it refers to the elderly churchgoing women who comment on the congregation around them. The Mothers is a story of the choices that we make, the secrets that we keep, and its lasting impact on our lives.

The Guineveres by Sarah Domet

In the vein of The Virgin Suicides, a dazzling debut novel about four girls inexplicably named Guinevere, all left by their parents to be raised by nuns, and the year in which their tightly knit Guinevere family implodes when four comatose soldiers arrive.

Vere, Gwen, Ginny, and Win come to The Sisters of the Supreme Adoration by different paths, delivered into the rigorous and austere care of Sister Fran. Each has their own complicated, heartbreaking story that they safeguard. But together they are the all powerful and confident The Guineveres, bound by the extraordinary coincidence of their names and girded against the indignities of their plain, sequestered lives. Together, they learn about God, history, and, despite the nuns' protestations, sex. They learn about the saints whose revival stories of faith and pain are threaded through their own. But above all, they plot their futures, when they can leave the convent and finally find a true home. But when four comatose soldiers, casualties of the War looming outside, arrive at the convent, The Guineveres’ friendship is tested in ways they never could have foreseen.

In The Guineveres, Sarah Domet navigates the wonder and tumult of girlhood, the families we yearn for and create. In prose shot through with beauty, Domet intertwines the ordinary and the miraculous, as The Guineveres discover what home really means.

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Sarah Domet’s debut novel, The Guineveres, is a wonderful story that follows four girls who are bound together by an improbable coincidence, sharing the same name as Saint Guinevere. All four of them arrived within the course of two years of one another at a convent of the Sisters of the Supreme Adoration and delivered into the care of Sister Fran, which is located a civilization away from their homes. They don’t understand why they were sent there. But their parents all had their reasons. They told them they’d understand someday.

The first Guinevere to arrive at the convent was Vere Guinevere, a sensitive girl, who was almost thirteen when she arrived. It was a lonely summer as she was the only Guinevere that summer. Ginny was the second, and they both met eight months later during the morning roll, when the name Guinevere was called out and they both stepped out. Winnie arrived another eight months later, which was near Christmastime. During another morning roll, they all responded to the call Guinevere. The triune Guinevere didn’t expect another of their kind to arrive but Gwen did late one fall, completing the circle.

The Guineveres by Sarah Domet is narrated through the retrospective lens of Vere, but is told some twenty years later. As the story progressed, Vere narrated the tragic lives of Saints and how the Guineveres landed at the convent, and also how they went about their lives at the convent. The plan they hatched to escape, and how it all came to nought and the resultant punishment of three months of service was as absorbing as it was delightful. The Guineveres by Sarah Domet is not only a story of friendship at unexpected places but also a tale of love, heartbreak and betrayal. I found debutant Sarah Domet’s writing and narrative exceptionaly wonderful. The characters are adorable and the plot brilliantly conceived. If I’m forced to point out my grouse, it will have to be the vagueness with which a war was mentioned. Fortunately, that doesn’t take away anything from the beauty of the book.

Two By Two by Nicholas Sparks

I’d survived the year because I’d been able to march two by two with those I loved the most….

Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks is a deeply moving story that tells of the happiness, struggles, heartbreaks, and triumph of the narrator from the year after his marriage up to a certain point in his life when it all unraveled. It is a story of love, hurt, family, courage and healing. It is a story that will make you laugh and cry with the narrator, advertising executive Russell Green, who hadn’t given much thought about having a child when his wife Vivian broke the news. When London was born, Vivian quits her job to be a stay-at-home mom. When Russell quits his job to start his own business, Vivian decides to return to work, slowly but surely letting them drift apart. With his wife working, Russell took charge of London, showering her with his attention, affection and love. When the inevitable happened in his marriage, though not unexpected, Russell was shattered.

Nicholas Sparks’ Two by Two is a poignant though not an out of this world story. It is a story that is regrettably becoming a familiarity, at least some parts of it. Four different women played important roles in shaping Russell Green. Vivian, Emily, Marge and London. Vivian gave him a daughter, Marge stood by him to weather the storms during his most difficult days, Emily’s appearance almost seemed preordained and London, she was his everything. But to each of them he was a different person. He was a husband to Vivian, a brother to Marge, a suitor to Emily and a father to London. Through these characters and their stories, Nicholas Sparks explored the strength and frailty of human relationship, and the ties that bind two people together.

What I find interesting about the stories written by Nicholas Sparks is its freshness and originality both in concept and execution. If you pause for a moment and think of all the books that he has written, any serious follower of the author will quickly recognize the distinctiveness of each new book and that there’s usually a tectonic shift from the previous book every time a new one comes out. Though I was a tad disappointed with his previous outing See Me, Two by Two has reignited my faith in Nicholas Sparks as the king of love stories, and if the book is anything to go by, his reign will be long and memorable.

Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin, Pat Barrett

I've heard a thousand stories of what they think you're like
But I've heard tender whispers of love in the dead of night
And you tell me that you're pleased
And that I'm never alone

You're a Good, Good Father
It's who you are, It's who you are, It's who you are
And I'm loved by you
It's who I am, It's who I am, It's who I am

I've seen many searching for answers far and wide
But I know we're all searching
For answers only you can provide
Cause you know just what we need
Before we, we say a word

You're a Good, Good Father
And I'm loved by you

You are perfect in all of your ways
Perfect in all of your ways
You are perfect in all of your ways to us

You are perfect in all of your ways

You're a Good, Good Father
It's who you are, It's who you are, It's who you are.
(Lyric of the song Good Good Father)

Chris Tomlin, who is cited as “the most sung songwriter in the world,” with 10 albums, 13 #1 radio singles, a Grammy Award, 21 Dove Awards, and two platinum and four gold albums to his credit needs no introduction. His fellow songwriter and Housefires frontman Pat Barrett is also a household name. And when the two come together for their first children’s picture book, Good Good Father, you can expect it to be delightful, stirring and soulful, drawing little hearts closer to God.

Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin and Pat Barrett is based on the song by the same name. It is colourfully designed for children but mature readers will derive much pleasure as well. Beautifully illustrated by Lorna Hussey, it is the story of a bear named Tucker and the townspeople. Through Tucker’s journey and that of the people, the book conveys the message that God truly is a good, good Father and He loves each and every one of them. The book will help little ones to better understand God’s love and that they are all precious in His sight.

Home by Harlan Coben

Myron Bolitar, an imperfect but tender-hearted sports agent and one of the most captivating and multifaceted fictional heroes, returns in a suspense-filled mystery thriller, Home. Coben brought to life this flawed but humane protagonist in his 1995 bestseller, Deal Breaker. After a long hiatus I’m extremely excited to read about the exploits of one of my favourite characters, though not with guns blazing, but with an ever-twisting storyline and the right mix of humor, romance, drama, intrigue, action and mystery. This eleventh book in the Myron Bolitar series, Home by bestselling author Harlan Coben, is one entertaining read which will keep you in suspense from beginning to end.

When Windsor Horne Lockwood III (Win) received a mysterious untraceable email concerning two boys, Patrick Moore and Rhys Baldwin, who have been kidnapped from Baldwin’s suburban New Jersey house ten years earlier when they were six, he comes out of hiding to follow up on the lead provided. It led him to London’s King’s Cross Station, where he spotted someone who resembles Patrick but it soon becomes messy, and he calls up Myron Bolitar for help. To cut a long story short, Myron and Win soon found Patrick again, and brings him home but Rhys was nowhere to be found. Their hope of ferreting out details about Rhys was short-lived as they are unable to get anything out of Patrick. Their hope of finding Rhys dimmed but the duo rummaged through the smallest leads in the fondest hope of rescuing Rhys. Myron and Win returned to where it all started, trying to piece together the jigsaw puzzle, and unearthed new leads and evidences as they try to solve the mystery.

Home by Harlan Coben is full of the author’s trademark twists and turns, fast-paced, absorbing, fun and exciting. The two main characters perfectly jell, and they are ably supported by secondary characters like, Mickey Bolitar, Ema Wyatt, Esperenza, Big Cindy and Spoon. I find them exciting and believable. The master storyteller that he is, Coben has a way of tying you up in knots until the last page. His sense of humor shines through his characters, especially Myron. Though I was a little sceptical about Win sharing almost the same space and of equal importance as Myron in the book, in the end it has worked perfectly for me. While the story revolves around two kidnapped boys and the efforts to trace and rescue them, it has a deeper emotional, psychological and social issues ingrained in it – about friendship and family.

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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Author Emma Donoghue is no stranger to aficionados of a tight and taut read. Her 2010 release - Room - was not only a New York Times Best Book of 2010 but was also a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes. In the tone and tenor of that blockbuster of a book, Donoghue returns with a historical novel with a premise which is equally interesting and extremely atmospheric, if not more. It is a story riddled with secrets, superstitions, faith, rituals, myth and tradition. The Wonder by bestselling author Emma Donoghue is a psychologically powerful and gripping novel which fans of the author will enormously relish.

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is the unforgettable story of an eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell who lives in the small Irish village of Athlone. Set in 1859, Anna is no ordinary girl as she has lived without food for months, claiming she is surviving on “manna from heaven.” There are reasons to believe her claim as she showed no sign of fatigue or health problems. When the news about the “extraordinary wonder” spread, curious people from all over the world flocked to this tiny village nestled in the middle of Ireland. For the people of the small village, the case of the miracle-girl took centre stage and a committee is hurriedly formed to determine the veracity of Anna’s claims. Libby Wright, a nurse trained by Florence Nightingale and a veteran of the Crimean campaign, who was living in London, arrived in the hungry season of the year to find herself housed in a small, windowless room. She was hired to watch over Anna, not to nurse her but to keep vigil and observe her for two weeks, to see if the claims are true. And in due time, a verdict will be pronounced if it is a hoax or a miracle. Tension mounts with the tick-tock of the clock.

Emma Donoghue pulls off a major coup by brilliantly probing the hearts of readers with searching questions as the story reaches its climax. The relationship between Anna and Libby is also explored intricately as their attitude towards each other changed. Lib was initially suspicious of Anna and was determined to expose her. Lib’s relationship with the newspaper reporter, Irish Times correspondent William Byrne, added the much-needed romantic flavor to the story. While The Wonder is not opulently mounted, its searing intensity and scope in its examination of the human psyche will leave the reader breathless. Quite often, things are not what they seemed to be. It is impossible to close the book without questioning how far one should go when it comes to matter of faith and belief. If you enjoyed Room, it will be difficult not to like The Wonder.

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The Trespasser by Tana French

The Trespasser by Tana French, the sixth instalment in the Dublin Murder Squad series, is about a female detective with a strong personality. She is no ordinary detective. She is rough, tough and dangerous but there is a streak running in her that is soft and sentimental. Yet, our protagonist is unable to maintain a semblance of working relationship with other members of the squad. I’m sure most of them would scream in delight if she is forced out of it. And readers who are familiar to the Dublin Murder Squad series will remember her as the only female member of the squad, who first made her appearance in Tana French’s last novel, The Secret Place.

Detective Antoinette Conway and her partner Stephen Moran who are the newest members of the squad are assigned dull and routine domestic cases, not exactly something you look forward to in a squad such as Dublin Murder Squad. When they are assigned what appeared to be another case that looks a straight forward domestic fall-out in the murder of Aislinn Murray, Conway and Moran are not swayed by circumstantial evidences and decided to dig deeper. They uncovered secrets, with twists that will keep the reader turning the pages of the book. Conway also has to deal with the issues squad members have with her. Then there is the interesting thread involving her father which author Tana French pulled off superbly.

The Trespasser by Tana French is a finely crafted police procedural full of suspense and mystery. With a squad full of members who would make better enemies than friends, and who are only too willing to sabotage her cases Antoinette Conway, with the exception of her partner Stephen Moran, stands a lonely figure. Fans of the author will undoubtedly enjoy this absorbing and amazing story written in true Tana French signature style. You’ll encounter some incredible characters, likeable or not, stunning pieces of dialogue and equally fantastic scenes. The Trespasser is a murder mystery that will be enjoyed by all who love a tense and compelling read.