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In the Woods

Tana French

Start date: March 31, 2014

Finish date: March 31, 2014

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Jul 14, 2016 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, mystery

I get it- some of you out there in readerdom were seriously annoyed by this book and on some level I agree. However, it's been a long time since I found a book this hard to put down. Admittedly, I am a sucker for a good murder mystery and the psychological components were fascinating to me as well- so there's that. But the main thing is that by the end of this book the author somehow was able to write in such a way that kept me from feeling any kind of a let down. Possibly I'm holding on to the ...more

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Aug 26, 2017 Amanda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: murrrrrder

So glad I didn't read the reviews on this one before I read the book - they might have turned me off it it entirely, which would have been a real shame.

I'm on a hot streak right now with reading excellent writers, and Tana French is no exception. The way she depicts the relationship between the two detective partners is especially well done, and I could picture them so clearly. Their banter and physical interactions (ruffling the hair, kick on the arse, and more spoilery ones) are all drawn from ...more

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Jun 30, 2011 Susan rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2011-reads, audio

This is ostensibly a police procedural about the murder of a child in Ireland, but there are many layers to this story. It alternates between the present day case and the disappearance of two children when one of the invesitgators was a child. The characters are all richly done and there are many layers of psychological suspense.

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