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Broken Harbor

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Broken Harbor

By: Tana French
Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
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From Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, a New York Times best-selling novel that “proves anew that [Tana French] is one of the most talented crime writers alive” (The Washington Post).

“Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” (The New York Times)

Mick “Scorcherˮ Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard, and thatʼs how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands.

On one of the half-abandoned "luxury" developments that litter Ireland, Patrick Spain and his two young children have been murdered. His wife, Jenny, is in intensive care. At first, Scorcher thinks itʼs going to be an easy solve, but too many small things can't be explained: the half dozen baby monitors pointed at holes smashed in the Spains' walls, the files erased from the familyʼs computer, the story Jenny told her sister about a shadowy intruder slipping past the house's locks. And this neighborhood - once called Broken Harbor - holds memories for Scorcher and his troubled sister, Dina: childhood memories that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control.

©2012 Tana French (P)2019 Penguin Audio Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Heartfelt Murder

Critic reviews

“French ...[is] drawn not just to the who but also to the why - those bigger mysteries about the human weaknesses that drive somebody to such inhuman brutality. What really gives Broken Harbor its nerve-rattling force is her exploration of events leading up to the murders, rendered just as vividly as the detectives’ scramble to solve them.” [Entertainment Weekly (A- rating)]

“Broken Harbour is a novel, of course, but it's also a headline...it's good to see contemporary literature engaging a crisis that has had such an impact on the lives of so many. This is, in fact, what good literature does. It makes us look at our world and perhaps forces us to see what we have chosen to ignore.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Ms. French creates haunting, damaged characters who have been hit hard by some cataclysm...This may sound like a routine police procedural. But like Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, this summer’s other dagger-sharp display of mind games, Broken Harbor is something more... she has irresistibly sly ways of toying with readers’ expectations.” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)

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I feel like Ms. French’s mysteries are about one long chapter too long. She is a tad repetitive in her stories. But somewhere in those last three long chapters my understanding of human nature, life or maybe just a literary parallels brings a very satisfying end to the story

Just when it seems too long

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Just dig in…
This author will open you up to chaos and make you think differently

Mental Illness in layered tales

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Tana French does it again! Scorcher is a guy you want to hate but makes loads of sense on why he does the thing he does. This story was tragic and wild and still left me wondering. All in all I couldn’t stop listening.

Intense

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Rich characters developed chapter by chapter, congruent with previous books in this series. Well narrated

Long but enjoyable

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Enjoyed the story but the ending was unsatisfactory. It felt like at least two of the plots were unfinished.

Good story until the end.

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Stick with if, even if you hate Scorcher at first... you WILL warm up to the smug bloke.

I’ve been binge listening and reading the Dublin Murder series... although, this is the only book I’ve listened to in entirety (not interchanging with library checkout). The narration is THAT GOOD!

This is one of the only male narrators that I’ve listened to who can do female voices without being awkward.

Do they give Oscars for narration?

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This episode focuses on Scorcher Kennedy- already not the most likable of characters from the outset. The plot twists are more expected, which would be fine if there was more of a character arch but Scorcher just doesn’t move as easily as some of French’s other characters. The narrator does well
with the men- he seems to have a good handle on Scorcher himself, however, he does a really poor job with the women. All of them come off nails-on-chalkboard-shrill and adolescently snippy. It’s a shame - especially for Dina who, as written, has some complexity but comes off as a spoiled child as read.

Not the Best of the series

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did not want to stop listening. the story kept me totalally involved. so well written i could visulize just as if i was warching a movie.

Best book I have read in a long time.

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I enjoy Tana French's stories but i really love the characters.
Love this narrator soooo much as well❤️

Could listen to him read the telephone book

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Exquisite narration of a story that keeps turning and twisting. 10 Stars!!! I loved it.

Best book ever!!

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