Broken Harbor - Tana French (Hardcover)

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Broken Harbor - Tana French

Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He is a man who defines himself by order, rules, and the absolute control he exerts over his cases and his life. When a horrific triple homicide occurs in Brianstown—a "ghost estate" of half-built, abandoned luxury homes—it is the kind of high-stakes investigation that only a detective of his caliber can handle.

The scene is a nightmare: Patrick Spain and his two young children are dead, and his wife, Jenny, is clinging to life in intensive care. At first, Scorcher and his rookie partner, Richie, suspect a tragic but straightforward murder-suicide brought on by the crushing weight of the recession. But the more they look, the less sense it makes.

The Spain home is a labyrinth of unsettling clues: half a dozen baby monitors pointed at holes smashed into the walls, files erased from the family computer, and a terrifying story about a "shadowy intruder" that seems less like a break-in and more like a haunting.

As the investigation deepens, the setting itself begins to close in on Scorcher. Brianstown was once known as Broken Harbor, the site of a private childhood trauma he has spent decades trying to bury. With his troubled sister, Dina, unraveling as the case hits the news, Scorcher finds the boundaries between his professional duty and his haunted past beginning to dissolve. In this chilling psychological thriller, Tana French weaves a tale of obsession, the fragile illusion of the "perfect life," and the feral things that crawl out from the shadows when that illusion finally breaks.