Very lyrical and well written novel about a murder mystery set in Ireland. This is the first novel published by Tana French. Some people were disappointed about the ending. The unsolved murder from several years prior remained unsolved, but sometimes that happens in life. Not everything gets an ending. Sometimes, especially in childhhod, things remained unsolved and we question them for the rest of our lives. I look forward to reading her second novel The Likeness soon. I already have ... (show more)

Very lyrical and well written novel about a murder mystery set in Ireland. This is the first novel published by Tana French. Some people were disappointed about the ending. The unsolved murder from several years prior remained unsolved, but sometimes that happens in life. Not everything gets an ending. Sometimes, especially in childhhod, things remained unsolved and we question them for the rest of our lives. I look forward to reading her second novel The Likeness soon. I already have the book, but don't like reading the same author twice in a row. It's onto John Grisham's first published novel A Tme To Kill. This will be the first book I have read by him. (show less)