The Secret Place

by French, Tana
ISBN: 9780143127512
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"An absolutely mesmerizing read. . . . Tana French is simply this: a truly great writer." --Gillian Flynn

Read the New York Times bestseller by Tana French, author of The Witch Elm and "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years" (The Washington Post).

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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: French, Tana
  • ISBN: 9780143127512
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.30 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2015

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  • So damn good

    Natalie T. - 4 years 11 months ago

    A teenage boy is found murdered on the grounds of St. Kilda’s, an all girl's boarding school. A year later and the case has gone cold with zero leads. But that changes when sixteen-year-old Holly, daughter of Detective Frank Mackey, brings an anonymous card displaying a photo of the murdered boy and "I know who killed him" in cut out letters to Detective Stephen Moran. Someone at St. Kilda's knows something and Detective Moran joins forces with the abrasive Detective Antoinette Conway to find out. Is this the case that will finally land him a highly coveted spot on the Dublin Murder Squad? The Secret Place paints a very vivid picture of OMG, like, hello? the politics of teenage girlhood. Moran and Conway are caught in the middle of two enemy cliques - the popular girls and the odd crowd - and the secrets that entail. Tana French expertly showcases teenage drama, rising emotions, and coming of age. I was taken aback by the nostalgic ghost of my teenage years prickling up from somewhere hidden away. Though this wasn't my favorite book of the series, it was still a great read. I'd recommend this and every other book of the Dublin Murder series - read in order or on their own. Tana French is so. damn. good.