Faithful Place

Zusatztext French copperfastens her reputation as an author of exceptional insight and talent. Informationen zum Autor Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the United States and Malawi. She trained as an actor at Trinity College Dublin and has worked mainly in theatre. Her first novel, In the Woods , won the Edgar, Anthony, Barry and Macavity awards for Best First Novel and the Clarion Award for Best Fiction and was a Sunday Times bestseller. In the Woods and her second novel, The Likeness , were both New York Times bestsellers. Tana French lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter. Klappentext THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS TWISTED The course of Frank Mackey's life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place, failed to run away with him to London as they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years on, Frank is still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. Then his sister calls to say that Rosie's suitcase has been found . . . 'French's deftly crafted prose is lit with poetic melancholy, giving this gripping story a genius immediacy' Marie Claire 'An Irish mystery story and a richly enveloping family story of the Mackeys, a Dublin clan riven by old secrets, grievances and sibling squabbles.' New York Times 'Darkness, tragedy and danger creep and crawl through this novel . . . one of the best thrillers so far this year' Observer [thumbnail images of In the Woods, The Likeness, Broken Harbour, The Secret Place] A compelling psychological mystery from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. Zusammenfassung A compelling psychological mystery from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.

French copperfastens her reputation as an author of exceptional insight and talent.

Préface
A compelling psychological mystery from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.

Auteur
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the United States and Malawi. She is the author of In the Woods (winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry awards for Best First Novel), The Likeness, Faithful Place, Broken Harbour (winner of the LA Times prize for Best Mystery/Thriller) and The Secret Place. She lives in Dublin with her husband and two children. She keeps a website at www.tanafrench.com

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THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS TWISTED

The course of Frank Mackey's life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place, failed to run away with him to London as they had planned.

Frank never heard from her again.

Twenty years on, Frank is still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. Then his sister calls to say that Rosie's suitcase has been found . . .

'French's deftly crafted prose is lit with poetic melancholy, giving this gripping story a genius immediacy' Marie Claire

'An Irish mystery story and a richly enveloping family story of the Mackeys, a Dublin clan riven by old secrets, grievances and sibling squabbles.' New York Times

'Darkness, tragedy and danger creep and crawl through this novel . . . one of the best thrillers so far this year' Observer

[thumbnail images of In the Woods, The Likeness, Broken Harbour, The Secret Place]

Résumé
A compelling psychological mystery from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.