The novel starts with Detective Stephen Moran receiving an unexpected visit from 15 year old Holly Mackey. Essentially the plot deals with the unsolved murder of a teenage schoolboy, whose body was found a year earlier in the grounds of the girls' school. There are alternate chapters with different time-schemes. In this novel in particular the structure is impressive, too. Her writing style is very pleasing and her characters wonderfully observed.
Tana French's novels have often be described as literary fiction, and I think that's fair. I assume what made it appeal to me was the fact that it's a psychological thriller set in an upmarket girls' boarding school. In fact when I went to order it on Audible I discovered I'd put it in my wish list some time ago, which must have been a result of reading a review on someone's blog. I actually listened to it on Audible and it kept me going for many happy weeks. This is the fifth in what's become known as the Dublin Murder Series - I've read the first three but skipped the fourth. Having never read Tana French before last year, I am now more or less caught up with her excellent crime novels.
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