Bøker av Tana French

A spellbinding new novel from "one of the greatest crime novelists writing today." (Vox)It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge.From the writer who is “in a class by herself,” (The New York Times), a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.

'A richly told tale of tangled loyalties. French ratchets up the tension in increments . . . By the end, these characters have taken on such solidity that, long after finishing it, I often catch myself wondering how they're doing - a testament to the author's mastery of her craft' GUARDIANReturn to the dark underbelly of Ardnakelty in the thrilling new sequel to The Searcher.-----It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in the village. They're coming for gold. What they bring is trouble.Two years have passed since retired Police Detective Cal Hooper moved from Chicago to the West of Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less - in his relationship with local woman Lena, and the bond he's formed with half-wild teenager Trey. So when two men turn up with a money-making scheme to find gold in the townland, Cal gets ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey. Because one of the men is no stranger: he's Trey's father.But Trey doesn't want protecting. What she wants is revenge.Crackling with tension and slow-burn suspense, The Hunter explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide, from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Tana French. ---Nobody writes tension like Tana French:'Terrific - terrifying, amazing' STEPHEN KING'One of the greats of contemporary crime fiction' IAN RANKIN'The most important crime novelist to emerge in the last ten years' WASHINGTON POST'A truly great writer' GILLIAN FLYNN'Among the first rank of great literary novelists' OBSERVER'A masterful, beautiful mystery...' CHRIS WHITAKER'Crime fiction's biggest contemporary star' GUARDIAN'Completely, indescribably magnificent' MARIAN KEYES'Lyrical, suspenseful, unpredictable' HARLAN COBEN'Comes closer to perfection than anything I've read in the last decade' SARAH HILARY'A spectacularly talented writer' LOUISE O'NEILL

Former Chicago cop Cal Hooper has settled into life in a small Irish village, restoring furniture with his young friend Trey and sharing occasional nights with the fiercely independent Lena. But the reappearance of Trey's feckless father sends fissures through the fragile bonds of family that have started to form between the three of them - and brings a new threat to the town itself. So just how much will they compromise to protect - and avenge - the people they love?

Nok en rå og intelligent psykologisk kriminalroman fra Tana French.«En kraftdemonstrasjon» ifølge New York Times. "Best Book of the Year" mener Amazon.Ved første øyekast ser det ut som en kjærlighetskrangel som har endt fryktelig galt. Aislinn Murray er blond, pen ­- og død - da hun blir funnet i sin perfekt designede leilighet. Ved siden av liket står et bord dekket for en romantisk middag for to.Det er egentlig ikke noe uvanlig med synet som møter etterforskerne Antoinette og Steve. Bortsett fra at Antoinette har sett kvinnen et sted før. De blir presset av sin overordnede til å arrestere den avdødes kjæreste. Men da han røper at han visste at Aislinn var i fare, sprekker det opplagte bildet. Og alle spor herfra får dem til å så tvil om at kvinnens liv var så glamorøst som det først kunne se ut som.

På oppslagstavlen kalt Hemmeligheten kan elevene på St. Kilda's kostskole for jenter henge opp anonyme meldinger. Vanligvis er det snakk om en salig blanding av sladder og fordekt mobbing, men en dag blir tavlen brukt til noe ganske annet: Et bilde av en gutt som for et år siden ble funnet drept på naboskolen i Dublin. Under bildet står det: Jeg vet hvem som drepte ham.God krim fra Dublin(...)en av Europas mest spennende kriminalforfattere nå for tiden. Hun skriver med et levende røft språk og ekte driv i handlingen. (...) En virkelig god krimbok som jeg kan anbefale."Thorstein Buer, Demokraten«Flokkdyr kan meget mulig være Frenchs beste roman hittil, og det sier en del.»The New York Daily News«En bok om utspekulerte og storkjefta skolejenter man ikke kan stole på for fem flate øre, og som ikke uten videre lar seg knekke under press.The New York Times«Fantastisk bra - og fantastisk skummelt. Språket er også helt strålende.»Stephen King«Tana French er unektelig en av vår tids beste krimforfattere ... [Flokkdyr er] svimlende avhengighetsskapende ... Ikke gå glipp av denne.»The Associated Press«Fiffig, rått, vulgært og ondskapsfullt på den ene siden, og dypt tragisk på den annen.»The New York Times Book Review

To barn og deres far blir funnet død i Broken Harbour, en spøkelsesaktig forstad til Dublin. Deres mor er hardt skadet og fraktes til intensivavdelingen. Ifølge drapsavdelingens stjernedetektiv, Scorcher Kennedy, bør saken være grei: Familiefaren var dypt nedbrutt pga økonomiske problemer, så han drepte barna sine og forsøkte å drepe sin kone før han tok sitt eget liv. Men flere detaljer er uforenlige med dette hendelsesforløpet, og sporene peker i forskjellige retninger. Samtidig vekker hendelsene i Broken Harbour til live gamle minner hos Scorcher, og han sitter etter hvert i en floke av personlige utfordringer og vanskelig politiarbeid. "En gnistrende god fremstilling av komplisert etterforskningsarbeid, i tillegg et vondt og sylskarpt portrett av mennesker hvis drømmer går i tusen knas. En ødelagt familie, to ærlige politimenn og en intens historie." TERNING 6, Lars Helge Nilsen, Bergens Tidende Uhyggelig bra krim "La en ting være klinkende klart: Med Utrygg havn har Tana French nok en gang begått dundrende god kriminalroman." TERNING 5 Ingvar Ambjørnsen, VG"Hennes unike begavelse for det dystre, kobler sammen et svært konkret bilde av et samfunn i fritt fall og det oversanselige (...) Komposisjonen er streng, og alle handlingstråder unyttes maksimalt; alt i alt en svært god politikrim." TERNING 5, Maria Årolilja Rø, Adresseavisen "En følelsesmessig opprivende fortelling om kjærlighet, besettelse og galskap som gjennomføres forbløffende virkningsfullt. Siden hennes første roman, Skogen, ble overøst av priser i 2007, har French opparbeidet seg en gedigen hærskare av beundrere, og de vil bli henrykt av denne romanen, hennes fjerde og muligens beste." Daily Mail"En av de mest talentfulle krimforfatterne i omløp"Washington Post"En kompleks og velkomponert psykologisk thriller ... en fryd å lese ... En enormt imponerende og intelligent bok som bekrefter hvem som er irsk krims desiderte førstedame." Irish Independent "En fortelling om besettelsens og galskapens ulike fasetter ... Den beste så langt av French' fire ypperlige thrillere - etterlater leseren "til halsen i skrekk" ... besnærende, truende, stemningsfull skrivekunst" Observer "En gripende fortelling med stemningsfull miljøskildring av en forfatter som vet hvordan hun skal gripe leserens oppmerksomhet og aldri slippe taket." Literary Review "Brennende intens, kompleks og intelligent." Daily Mail "Dronningen av irsk litteratur ... Dette er en forfatter på høyden av sin kraft. Som alltid med Tana French kan du vente deg humor, patos, og skarpt observert samfunnsskildring, men mest av alt en knallgod fortelling som holder deg på pinebenken helt til siste side." Sunday Independent "Intet mindre enn et mesterverk. Frenchs tre første thrillere var glitrende gode, alle som en, men løfter seg opp til et nivå av gripende, mersmakskapende grøss som vil få leserne til å måpe av beundring. Hvis jeg kommer over en bedre roman enn Broken Harbour før French gir ut sin femte roman, så skal jeg spise ikke bare hatten min, men en hel hatteforretning." Sophie Hannah, Daily Express"Frenchs velkomponerte thrillere er skreddersydd for å sette en støkk i deg." Guardian "Jeg har med stor begeistring sagt til alle som vil høre på at de må lese Tana French. Romanene hennes er rørende, fengslende, nydelig velskrevne og vidunderlig stemningsfulle. Bare begynn å lese første side, så skjønner du hva jeg mener."Harlan Coben

En ung kvinne har blitt drept like utenfor Dublin, og Sam O`Neill blir satt på saken. Når han ser liket tilkaller han straks etterforsker Cassie Maddox, selv om hun har sluttet i drapsavsnittet. Den drepte kvinnen er Cassies dobbeltgjenger, og bærer en ID med navnet Lexie Madison, det samme navnet som Cassie brukte når hun jobbet undercover flere år tidligere. De har ingen spor, mistenkte eller ledetråder i saken, derfor blir det bestemt at Cassie skal gå undercover og innta den drepte kvinnens liv for å tilegne seg informasjon og lokke morderen til å fullføre jobben.

Toby er en ung bekymringsløs sjarmør. Men livet endres brutalt da han en natt overraskes av to innbruddstyver som slår ham halvt i hjel og etterlater ham for å dø. Etter lang tid på sykehuset søker han tilflukt på familiens gamle eiendom, som han bare har gode minner fra, helt til en hodeskalle blir funnet i et hult almetre i hagen. En mørkere og farligere fortid åpenbarer seg for Toby. En trollbindende roman fra prisbelønte Tana French

Da Frank Mackey var 19 år, planla han å rømme fra Dublin til England sammen med kjæresten Rosie. Hun dukket aldri opp, og han trodde hun hadde reist alene. 20 år senere jobber Frank som politimann i Dublin, og da søsteren ringer og forteller at Rosies koffert er funnet i nabohuset, må Frank foreta en reise i sin egen fortid.

Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018"French's best book. . . Her most intricately nuanced novel yet." -The New York TimesA brilliant new work of suspense from "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years" (Washington Post) and an excellent holiday gift.From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" (People), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are.

'AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE' John Boyne 'One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History . . . impossible to put down' The Times 'Terrific - terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent' Stephen King' From one of the greatest writers of the century comes a landmark novel of huge ambition.________________________________________WHAT DO WE HIDE INSIDE OURSELVES?One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins.But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden.As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.A spellbinding standalone from a literary writer who turns the crime genre inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, if we no longer know who we are.________________________________________'To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she's simply this: A TRULY GREAT WRITER' Gillian Flynn'French offers a masterclass in unreliability . . . dissolving the boundaries between genre and literary fiction' Sunday Times 'The finest crime writer around right now' Mail on Sunday'A brilliant examination of male privilege and family secrets' Guardian'Gripping and suspenseful, with more twists than a rollercoaster, The Wych Elm is a MAGNIFICENT NOVEL' John Boyne'My favourite novel of last year' Sophie Hannah 'HER BEST BOOK. Really, it is not a crime novel: as ever, Tana's scope is so much broader than that' Gillian McAllister'Another one of her rich psychological thrillers that will work its way under your skin' Lucy Mangan, Stylist'Tana French's best and most intricately nuanced novel yet. . . Get ready for the whiplash brought on by its final twists and turns' The New York Times'I DROP EVERYTHING for a new Tana French book - feign illness, cancel plans and miss deadlines - and it's always worth it. This mystery about family, memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long, long time' Erin Kelly 'The Trespasser contains the most tense and serpentine interrogation scenes outside of John le Carr ' Mark Lawson, Guardian

The masterful Richard & Judy pick, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Winner of the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year.'A TRULY GREAT WRITER' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl'ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS WORKING TODAY' GuardianYou can beat one killer. Beating your own squad is a whole other thing. Being on the Dublin Murder squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed. Her working life is a stream of thankless cases and harassment. Antoinette is tough, but she's getting close to the breaking point. The new case looks like a regular lovers' quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty and lying dead next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There's nothing unusual about her - except that Antoinette has seen her somewhere before.And her death won't stay neat. Other detectives want her to arrest Aislinn's boyfriend, fast. There's a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinette's road. And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the simple woman she seemed to be.Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid, but she can't tell just how far gone she is. Is this the case that will make her career - or break it? 'ONE OF THE BEST THRILLER WRITERS WE HAVE' Observer

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. He's cut all ties with his dysfunctional family. Until his sister calls to say that Rosie's suitcase has been found. Frank embarks on a journey into his past that demands he reevaluate everything he believes to be true.

When he was twelve years old, Adam Ryan went playing in the woods with his two best friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. He had no memory of what had happened. Twenty years on, Rob Ryan - the child who came back - is a detective in the Dublin police force. He's changed his name. No one knows about his past. Then a little girl's body is found at the site of the old tragedy and Rob is drawn back into the mystery. Knowing that he would be thrown off the case if his past were revealed, Rob takes a fateful decision to keep quiet but hope that he might also solve the twenty-year-old mystery of the woods.

Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in her place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.

'A gripping read for those still pining for GONE GIRL' Elle's top five beach readsThe photo shows a boy who was murdered a year ago.The caption says, 'I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM'.Detective Stephen Moran hasn't seen Holly Mackey since she was a nine-year-old witness to the events of Faithful Place. Now she's sixteen and she's shown up outside his squad room, with a photograph and a story.Even in her exclusive boarding school, in the graceful golden world that Stephen has always longed for, bad things happen and people have secrets. The previous year, Christopher Harper, from the neighbouring boys' school, was found murdered on the grounds. And today, in the Secret Place - the school noticeboard where girls can pin up their secrets anonymously - Holly found the card.Solving this case could take Stephen onto the Murder squad. But to get it solved, he will have to work with Detective Antoinette Conway - tough, prickly, an outsider, everything Stephen doesn't want in a partner. And he will have to find a way into the strange, charged, mysterious world that Holly and her three closest friends inhabit and disentangle the truth from their knot of secrets, even as he starts to suspect that the truth might be something he doesn't want to hear.From the multi-award-winning author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller In the Woods, The Secret Place is a searing novel of psychological suspense.

In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin - half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned - two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad's star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. Scorcher's personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she's resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk . . .