Emi B. (wantonvolunteer) - , reviewed on 2/21/2010 + 84 more book reviews

I totally crushed on the main character in this book, Robert Ryan Irish detective, Murder Division. Growing up outside Dublin, at the age of 12 Ryan and two friends disappeared from the woods. Ryan was the only one found, covered in blood and with no recollection of what he went through or what happened to his friends. His family moved away and sent him to boarding school, he changed his name and joined the police force assuming nobody need ever know about his past.

Tana French is an amazing writer, from the very first page I was floored by the beauty of her description of an Irish summer. Her dialog is so well-done I could hear it like a movie inside my head, and lots of the repartee between Ryan and his brilliant partner Cassie Maddox had me giggling out loud. I thought I'd outgrown the crime drama genre but this beautifully written story really captured my imagination and kept me interested. I would have rated it higher but I didn't like how much the ending pointed so obviously to a sequel to come. Maybe I would like another book starring Robert Ryan, but it wouldn't have Cassie or the childhood mystery in the wood, so I doubt it.

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