The Searcher
A Novel
by Tana French
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
Retired detective Cal Hooper moves to a remote village in rural Ireland. His plans are to fix up the dilapidated cottage he's bought, to walk the mountains, to put his old police instincts to bed forever.Then a local boy appeals to him for help. His brother is missing, and no one in the village, least of all the police, seems to care. And once agai...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
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Nate Berkus
“The first #NatesReads of 2021 is ?The Searcher? by Tana French. This book took me out of NYC, out of politics, out of the pandemic & straight to a seaside town in #England. It is a beautifully written pageturner, and one that you need to read. | The first #NatesReads of 2021 is “The Searcher” by Tana French. This book took me out of NYC, out of politics, out of the pandemic & straight to a seaside town in #England. It is a beautifully written pageturner, and one that you need to read.”
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