Search - Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, Bk 3)

‎"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Tolstoy certainly had it right... and the Mackeys of Dublin are among the most interesting "unhappy families" you'll ever read about. Tana French has once again created characters so vivid, you'll be lining up for her next novel. Better yet, go back and read her first two, if you haven't had the pleasure yet.

This third effort in the Dublin Murder Squad series follows Frank Mackey (head of Undercover). Don't assume that you know this character based on his appearance in the previous two novels: this one will surprise you.

I still like the second in the series best, yet this one takes readers into working class Dublin and shows the psychological effects of hard times.

So far my all time favorite Tana French Novel. I absolutely loved this book! Frank Mackey is a very well written in-depth character. He is a depressed gritty detective who can be very comical and manipulative. Frank grew up poor in tenement type housing with a very crazy family. He was in love with Rose Daly down the street and they had a plan to run away to England together only she never showed up. Frank assumes she left without him due to a note found and goes about his life thinking she had betrayed him hoping that some day she would show up. Only to find out 22 years later that she never left the place that night. Great who done it murder mystery with French’s usual insight into the human mind. This novel was no exception when it came to her usual style most of the characters have lived hard lives and have ended up a broken fragment of what they could have been. Almost all of her characters need therapy which usual but they have heart and soul. Her characters leap off the pages and come to life you can almost see the whole story playing out.