A cop returns to the old neighborhood when the body of his lost love is found, triggering buried secrets, in Tana French's Faithful Place, part of her Dublin Murder Squad series.
The cop reluctantly reconnects with his brothers, sisters, and parents, whose fractured family dynamics--the father is a dangerous alcoholic--had driven him away several decades before. But another killing, much closer to his family center, forces him to stay and try to find out what happened to both people.
I had seen the first season of the TV show but not read the related novels; though the connections between the novels are somewhat tenuous, with minor characters in previous books becoming main protagonists in subsequent ones.
French's strengths are her writing about the family, and the deep psychological trauma that spins out from the poisonous center. Her sense of place--so to speak--in this case a working-class neighborhood, adds value.
My wife is a big fan of French, but this is the first I've read. I listened to a very good audiobook reading by Tim Gerard Reynolds. I will definitely look for more of her writing.
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