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| Title | : | The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5) |
| Author | : | Tana French |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 453 pages |
| Published | : | August 2019 by Penguin Books (first published September 2nd 2014) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller |
Tana French
Paperback | Pages: 453 pages Rating: 3.85 | 57998 Users | 6468 Reviews
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An alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: “I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.” Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case—beneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. With the clues leading back to Holly’s close-knit group of friends, to their rival clique, and to the tangle of relationships that bound them all to the murdered boy, the private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined.
Mention Books Toward The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5)
| Original Title: | The Secret Place |
| ISBN: | 0143127519 (ISBN13: 9780143127512) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dublin Murder Squad #5 |
| Characters: | Frank Mackey, Holly Mackey, Antoinette Conway, Stephen Moran |
| Literary Awards: | Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (2015), Strand Critics Award Nominee for Best Novel (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2014) |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 57998 Users | 6468 ReviewsAppraise Based On Books The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5)
Let me start by saying I have loved 3/5 Tana French novels. In fact, I would place her first novel, In the Woods, in my top ten favorite works of fiction. That said, I couldn't finish The Likeness. I couldn't even properly skim it to figure out the plot twists or whodunit and didn't care. It was with relief that I found that both of her next two novels were strong, and (please excuse my not having the titles memorized, I believe it was Broken Harbor?) the one with the young couple in the1,5 STARSI had hopes of continuing the "high" after reading Tana French's previous book, Broken Harbor, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... which I really liked...but sadly no......The Secret Place, 5th in her Dublin Murder Squad Series...was a total not hit but a total MISS...This was a cold case....the Murder Square had not been able to solve the murder of a boy, whose body had been found in the grounds of an all girl's private school.A year later, new evidence comes up in the form of a
Almost a 3 star rating! I liked the detectives! And, I wanted to know who the killer was, so I HAD to keep reading.However, "The Secret Place" is NOT as good as 'ALL' other Tana French books. If you're a HUGE TANA FRENCH FAN (as I am) ---You might be disappointed in this book.If you've never read Tana French before, do not start with this one. I managed to enjoy this book *enough* --(in spite of so much tedious teen -adolescent- 'lingo').'Sometimes I felt, Tana French was pretty good giving a
Tana French writes another suspenseful mystery about a school full of girls, a murder and, of course, the Dublin Murder Squad."Detective Moran, there's someone to see you," pen pointing at the sofa. "Miss Holly Mackey." pg 15, ebook.We're reintroduced to Stephen Moran and Holly Mackey, whom readers of the series will remember from Faithful Place. I highly suggest reading that book before this. The context is part of what makes The Secret Place so powerful.Like in her previous books, French
This was the first Tana French book that I didn't love wholeheartedly. I still liked the murder mystery, which is set at a preppy girls school, but the abundance of teen speak made this a less satisfying read.I did like the introduction of Detective Antoinette Conway (who becomes the focus of book 6, "The Trespasser") and her earnest young partner, Stephen Moran. The pair have a good chemistry and it was fun to see them adjust to working together.My minor complaint about the dialogue in this
Few other books have conjured up the ghost of my teenage years as successfully as this one, dredged up the hazy remembrance of that first, most agonizing heartbreak, the subsequent amateurish cynicism summoned up to preclude the hassle of emotional hangups and the feeling of having only just the foggiest notion of how the world works.It is awe-inspiring how Tana French continues to incorporate such authentic sociocultural commentary into narratives which are usually taken to be written for the
Giving this book a 2 breaks my heart. The Dublin Squad series by Tana French is among my top 2 mystery series of all time, and I've loved every book in the series - except for this one.The magic is gone.The writing in this book lacks the sparkle of the previous ones. It may be that the main character, Detective Stephen Moran, is particularly dull. The previous narrators have all absorbed me into their story, they all had such personality. Rob is tragic. Cassie is strong. Mackey a tough son of a
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