Faithful Place

Tana French

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Praise for FAITHFUL PLACE

Praise for Faithful Place

“Expertly rendered, gripping new novel.”

—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Tana French’s mysteries are like big old trees: the deeper their roots, the more luxurious the foliage they wave in your face.”

—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

“French does something fresh with every novel, each one as powerful as the last but in a very different manner. Perhaps she has superpowers of her own? Whatever the source of her gift, it’s only growing more miraculous with every book.”

—Laura Miller, Salon.com

“Irish writer Tana French hit the big time with her stunning cop-drama debut, In the Woods, and followed it with an equally brilliant book, The Likeness. Both demonstrated French’s gift for merging the best traits of the crime genre with the compassionate insights and nimble prose associated with ‘serious’ literature. A third dazzler, Faithful Place puts Detective Frank Mackey, a supporting actor from The Likeness, front and center.”

—The Seattle Times

“French’s emotionally searing third novel of the Dublin murder squad (after The Likeness) shows the Irish author getting better with each book.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[French] revisits, evocatively and lyrically, themes she’s used before: love, loss, memory, murder, and life in modern Ireland. French’s writing remains brilliant, and her dialogue is sharp, often lacerating, and sometimes mordantly funny. Faithful Place is her best book yet.”

—Booklist (starred review)

“The charming narrative will leave readers begging for a sequel.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Powerful . . . An authentic Irish heartbreaker.”

—The Star-Ledger (Newark)

About the Author

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FAITHFUL PLACE

TANA FRENCH is the bestselling author of In the Woods, which won the Edgar, Barry, Macavity, and Anthony awards, and The Likeness. She grew up in Ireland, Italy, Malawi, and the United States, and trained as an actor at Trinity College, Dublin. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.

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Published in Penguin Books 2011

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

French, Tana.

Faithful Place: a novel/Tana French.

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ISBN: 978-1-101-19026-6

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