Broken Harbour
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Average rating3.8
In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin, two children and their father are dead. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case and at first he thinks it's simple: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, and himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. Scorcher's finding that the neat compartments of his life are now rapidly breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk.
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6 primary booksDublin Murder Squad
Dublin Murder Squad is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Tana French.
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Time to move on to book five in the series: [b:The Secret Place 20821043 The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) Tana French https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1396671263s/20821043.jpg 21598636].
I am still thinking about it. So this might jump to 4 stars. I will say I was having such a hard time putting it down until the reveal, and it was still good after that but not unputdownable. Just not sure if it's 4 stars yet. This is my first of the Dublin Murder Squad books and I am glad I started the series.
Whereas in other Tana French books, I felt like I was experiencing the story as it unfolded, in her fourth book, I felt like I was being read the police report by the main character, and being subject to his musings, interjections and personal commentary along the way. Despite the insights, it was rather dry. As others have pointed out, it also requires a suspension of disbelief.
