Suspicion falls on the young man with whom she was to have dinner on the night of her death, but Antoinette, who looks for the darker side of the mind, becomes convinced that a crooked detective is involved. The question is who killed pretty Aislinn and was she far more complicated as a person than anyone thought. Tana French is a talented writer who knows how to cope with tortured subjects and it is only when dealing with Moran, Antoinette’s only ally, that she allows her characters to act like human beings. The book is filled with Antoinette’s analysis of the world around her and what is wrong with the people in it. The difficult detective’s skill at her job emerges when she has to interview people involved in crime and suspected of crime. Like the senior detectives who are part of the anti-Antoinette force and with reason. The twisted personality of Antoinette dominates this psychological thriller where the plot depends on carefully constructed and complex dialogue between people who don’t like each other and have the power to do each other considerable professional damage.
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