It's a good mystery for people who read for the writing and don't mind the plot being slow. But the writing is a pleasure to read and the characters are varied and keep the book interesting. However the pace of this book is slow, the story really beginning after 100 pages and the plot unfolding mostly in the last quarter of the book. The book is aptly named The Searcher, as it is both Cal and the reader who seek to find their home way throughout this piece. The book is named after a 1956 movie “The Searchers” and like the film, this book is essentially a Western set in West Ireland rather than the American West.

As Cal investigates, he realises the admirable aspects of a small town he moved to Ardnakelty for, have a dark side. The locals, including the local law enforcement, don't seem eager to pursue this case and Trey is convinced something bad has happened to his brother. (The Times) To say Tana French is one of the.

Soon Trey reveals that his real motive was to ask for Cal's help in finding his missing brother. Critic Reviews One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartts The Secret History. He sets to restoring the cottage and befriends a boy called Trey who seems to want to learn some carpentry. Cal moves into a cottage, eager to leave his old life and job behind. It's mentality, the way that the people have friendships and enmities that go back generations and the way they respond to Cal's moving in all show a personality in itself. Even though it may somewhat pale in comparison to her Dublin Murder Squad series and not be my favorite of her novels, it is still, in its own right, an immersive, compelling, and superbly-written. Though we follow a retired cop from Chicago called Cal Hooper, the true protagonist of the tale is the small town. Consistently, French’s crime novels are better than most, if not always excellent, and her latest standalone, The Searcher, is no exception. Each time I crack open a Tana French book I know I’m in the hands of a master storyteller. 'The Searcher' is not a part of the Dublin Murder Squad series and is a standalone, set in Ardnakelty, a fictional small town. The latest Irish mystery by Tana French, ' The Searcher', is a character-driven slow burner.

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