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Broken Harbour

Auteur(s): Tana French
Narrateur(s): Hugh Lee
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In Broken Harbour, 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.

©2012 Tana French (P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton Roman noir Roman policier Fiction Suspense

Ce que les critiques en disent

"I've been enthusiastically telling everyone who will listen to read Tana French. Her novels are poignant, compelling, beautifully written and wonderfully atmospheric. Just start reading the first page. You'll see what I mean." (Harlan Coben)
"Every holiday needs a good crime novel and French's skilful thrillers are tailor-made to terrify." ( The Guardian)
"The queen of Irish fiction ... This is a writer working at the height of her powers. As always with Tana French, you can expect humour, pathos and well-observed social commentary, but above all, a cracking story that keeps you guessing until the end." ( The Sunday Independant)
"Establishing atmosphere is one of French's many strengths. Gradually, an emotionally jolting story of love, obsession and madness is played out to incredible effect. Since her first novel, In The Woods, was larded with awards in 2007 French has garnered a huge legion of fans and they will be thrilled with this, her fourth and possibly best novel." ( Daily Mail)
"The first thing that Ms. French does so well in Faithful Place is to inhabit fully a scrappy, shrewd, privately heartbroken middle-aged man. The second is to capture the Mackey family's long-brewing resentments in a way that's utterly realistic on many levels. Sibling rivalries, class conflicts, old grudges, adolescent flirtations and memories of childhood violence are all deftly embedded in this novel, as is the richly idiomatic Dublinese." ( New York Times)
"Nothing short of a masterpiece. French's first three thrillers were all brilliant but this is by far her best and reaches a level of spine-chilling, gripping moreishness that will leave readers open-mouthed with admiration. If I encounter a better novel than Broken Harbour before French publishes her fifth, I'll eat a milliner's shop full of hats." ( Sophie Hannah, Daily Express)
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Enjoyed the story, great narration. Kept me wondering and wanting to read more. Interesting characters, some character voices were a bit whiny though.

Loved the unique story line

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I love Tana French's murder squad series, though I have listened to them all out of order (though they are mainly stand alone books, I would normally read in the order they are written). Great detail in the plot, as always, but it is the intense central character that is so engaging in all her books- whether you like them or not, they pull you in. Incredible dialogue between the characters, I can't imagine how hard that is to craft...
Narrator was excellent, though at times the female voices were a bit hard to buy or too whiny (and when intended to BE whiny, perhaps too much so), but by the end of the story, the tone of the female characters had changed, or he was better, or it was so engaging I didn't notice anymore. Loved it. This and The Trespasser probably my favourite of hers.

Solid 4.5

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This was not my first Tana French novel. I had to hunt down this audible, like I called the
UK Audible became a 3 month member and still couldn’t get it because I could not get in
Canada or the US at the time. So when it became available I totally did a huge hurrah!!! I have listen to all Tana French’s books to date.
This book does not disappoint. You want a detective novel with realism and real people?
Well this is it. I am not going to tell you the story you have to judge for yourself. I love mystery/detective books and finding one that is truly superb is amazing.
The narrator is amazing, Hugh Lee. Thank for doing such a fantastic job Hugh. It made an incredible novel that much better.
Keep on writing Ms French!!!!

Superb, Amazing, Brilliant

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The narrator is very good. The story started out as a great mystery, moved quickly and got your attention. Half way through the story started to really drag and much of the dialogue became plodding and repetitive. I found the ending unsatisfactory.

Strong start with a long drawn out finish

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Overly theatrical performance nearly ruined this for me. The only reasonable voice was that of the main narrator; most other roles were oddly performed, especially those of female characters.

Thankfully the writing is so good - and the story so complex - that it’s easy to stay with this long novel. Brilliant writer.

Finely written story

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Perhaps one of the saddest books I’ve read in a long while, this is as gripping a read as we expect from Tana French. She’s a great writer who draws compelling characters and believable twisty plots. Lots of sub-dramas along the way. I had the audiobook and the ebook, and sometimes I found the audiobook to be overacted and I had to switch to reading. I realize it’s a fine line and different people like different levels of acting in the reading. But this felt overdone on occasion in the performing of some of the dialogue. I still loved it overall.

Gripping but sometimes overacted

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Once you get through the first two chapters which are very pedantic character introductions the story starts to pick up speed and is very intriguing.

Make it through the first two chapters

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A Brilliant plot,with insightful human stories It is as filled with twists and surprises. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great narrator.

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my second French novel and she continues to impress. Combining a crime novel with the why people do such horrible things to each other.

a great detective story and study of human trauma

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Tana French as always wrote an exceptional book. But it is the narrator who took it a notch up. The range of voices he can do is mindblowing. I highly recommend it.

Brilliant book. Outstanding narrator

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