Broken Harbour

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Broken Harbour
Broken Harbour.jpg
Cover of Broken Harbour
Author Tana French
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDublin Murder Squad
Genre Mystery
Publisher Viking Adult
Publication date
2 July 2012
Publication place Ireland
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages496
ISBN 978-0-670-02365-3
OCLC 2011042397
823/.92 23
LC Class PR6106.R457 B76 2012
Followed by The Secret Place  

Broken Harbour is a crime novel written by Irish novelist Tana French, originally published on 2 July 2012 by Hatchette Books Ireland. [1] It is the 4th [2] book in the Dublin Murder Squad series and was first published in the USA by Viking Penguin a member of the Penguin Group (USA). Tana French was honored with the 'Irish Crime Fiction Award' a bestseller list, eventually reaching the No.3 position. [3] It was also listed in the 'Ireland AM Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009–2013'. [4]

Contents

By April 2013, the book had stormed into the Irish book charts to occupy the 3rd position as a best seller. [5] It was also listed in the 'Ireland AM Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009–2013'. [6]

Plot

In a ghost estate outside Dublin – half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned – two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder Squad’s star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once.

Scorcher’s personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she’s resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk.

Characters

Reception

Awards and nomination

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References

  1. ↑ "Broken Harbour (Dublin Murder Squad, #4)". Goodreads. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Broken Harbour by Tana French – review". the Guardian. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Irish Bestsellers now with the Top 20!". Writing.ie. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ireland AM Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009 – 2013". Writing.ie. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Irish Bestsellers now with the Top 20!". Writing.ie. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ireland AM Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009 – 2013". Writing.ie. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Review: In Tana French's 'Broken Harbour', broken lives" . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Broken Harbour by Tana French – review". the Guardian. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Anderson, Patrick (22 July 2012). "Book review: 'Broken Harbor,' by Tana French". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "BOOK REVIEW: 'Broken Harbour'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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