Broken Harbor by Tana French
More of the beautifully written, rich-charactered Irish mysteries. This one felt perhaps a little more contrived than the lsat one– it depended on someone actually being crazy and hearing things, while all along I thought there would be an explanation.
It’s been a hard month, so I read yet another one, because they are diverting…
The Secret Place by Tana French
More genre-bending Irish mystery, this time set in a boarding school, a setting that has always appealed to me. There’s a genuine whodunnit with a locked room component that gives real suspense. But in the end the book has another component too, about adolescent friendships and growing up. The book goes on for a bit after the murder is solved, to explore this theme (to which the murder is linked, too), to the book’s benefit.
And now back to more literary things.
Amy P. Knight 