The Trespasser: Dublin Murder Squad: 6. The gripping Richard & Judy Book Club 2017 thriller - Hardcover

French, Tana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444755625 ISBN 13: 9781444755626

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2016

Synopsis

'Contains the most tense and serpentine interrogation scenes outside of John Le Carré' -
Guardian

This is the case she imagined. Precision-cut and savage, lithe and momentous.

Antoinette Conway, the tough, abrasive detective from The Secret Place, is still on the Murder squad, but only just. She's partnered up with Stephen Moran now, and that's going well - but the rest of her working life isn't. Antoinette doesn't play well with others, and there's a vicious running campaign in the squad to get rid of her. She and Stephen pull a case that at first looks like a slam-dunk lovers' tiff. All she and her partner have to do is track down Lover Boy and bring him in. Then it'll be back to business as usual, watching from a distance as the real detectives go up against the psychopaths. Except when Antoinette takes a good look at the victim's face, she realises she's seen her somewhere before. And suddenly the conviction that there's a different answer takes her breath away.

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Review

First-rate . . . her procedural thoroughness takes her deeper and deeper into a wholly convincing portrayal of Dublin police. (David Hare Guardian)

French's gripping sixth novel checks every box from prose to plotting to suspense to characterisation. I'm working my way through the Dublin Murder Squad series and they're stellar. (Big Issue)

Perfect winter reading. Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series are up there with the most read on our 50 book challenge discussions. This is no surprise since her books offer readers compelling, intelligent thrillers with brilliant characters - including the tough and foul-mouthed detective, Antoinette Conway, the narrator of this twisty and thrilling story (Mumsnet Best books for Christmas)

Best Crime Title of the Year (Daily Mail)

This is crime writing at its most sublime: spell-binding story-telling with a heroine to treasure in Detective Antoinette Conway . . . Tana French's reputation has been growing steadily in recent years and she is now at her peak, as this superb novel underlines (Daily Mail)

A clever and well-crafted read. (Sun)

Tana French's thrillers are consistently good - well-plotted, intelligent, with memorable characters - and her latest, THE TRESPASSER, does not disappoint. (Good Housekeeping)

Thrillers are a dime a dozen. The trick is to find something that actually sticks to the ribs. This fall will bring a new release from one of the best crime writers working today, Tana French. But that book, The Trespasser, is actually her sixth. She has five novels you can buy right now, though you should read them in the order in which they were published, starting with In the Woods. I can do you no greater favour in life than recommending that you read her books. (Guardian.com)

A gnarly, absorbing read, and a finely tuned slice of wintry gloom from one the best thriller writers we have. (Observer)

The Trespasser contains the most tense and serpentine interrogation scenes outside of John Le Carré . . . Shows French to be a one-off phenomenon. (Mark Lawson Guardian)

Book Description

Winner of Crime Fiction Book of the Year - Irish Book Awards 2016

'Contains the most tense and serpentine interrogation scenes outside of John Le Carré' -
Guardian

You can beat one killer. Beating your own squad is a whole other thing. The case that will make Detective Antoinette Conway's murder squad career. Or break it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1444755625
• ISBN 13: 9781444755626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 480