![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bottom line: read all five books, and the sooner, the better.īut if you need more convincing, don't just listen to me - listen to French herself, whom I spoke to by phone in Dublin. Though I’m a rabid stickler for reading series books in order, French’s loosely woven Dublin Murder Squad series is one of the only ones where I wouldn’t freak if someone told me they read The Secret Place first and then went back to the beginning and read Into the Woods. The ingenious beauty of a Tana French novel is that while it’s certainly related in some way to its predecessors - and will surely provide jumping off points for books yet to come - it can also stand on its own. Action is sparked by the unexpected appearance of Holly Mackey, a student at the neighboring girls' boarding school, in Stephen’s office, where she presents a card with a cryptic, haunting message: “I know who killed him.”įans of French’s work will know to be on the lookout for repeat characters, and The Secret Place is no different: Holly Mackey, along with her father, undercover cop Frank Mackey, were the stars of 2010’s Faithful Place, where Stephen Moran had a small role as one of the cops working with Mackey. Tana French's latest book in her Dublin Murder Squad series, The Secret Place, follows Detectives Stephen Moran and Antoinette Conway as they investigate the unsolved murder of 16-year-old Chris Harper at a posh Dublin boarding school. ![]()
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