The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6) By Tana French

The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6) By Tana French Paperback 0143110381 9780143110385 Mystery Thrillers The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6) Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there. The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she’s getting close to the breaking point. Their new case looks like yet another by the numbers lovers’ quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed to a shine, and dead in her catalog perfect living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There’s nothing unusual about her—except that Antoinette’s seen her somewhere before. And that her death won’t stay in its neat by numbers box. Other detectives are trying to push Antoinette and Steve into arresting Aislinn’s boyfriend, fast. There’s a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinetteʼs road. Aislinnʼs friend is hinting that she knew Aislinn was in danger. And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the glossy, passive doll she seemed to be. Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid, but she can’t tell just how far gone she is. Is this case another step in the campaign to force her off the squad, or are there darker currents flowing beneath its polished surface?

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Tana French brings back two character from previous novels Antoinette Conway and Steve Moran Murder Detectives They just get each other Play off each other well Conway She s a tough cookie Abrasive and angry Yet funny as hell She has never had anyone to rely on And she doesn t let anyone in Not even Moran She has a cold outer shell And in Murder D She has never felt like a part of the team She is an outsider And the other Murder D s They play tricks on her and have since day one Yet Conway s sarcasm and ability to insult the other Murder D s who treat her like crap Funny as all get out Tana French had me in hysterics time and time again And Moran He is so trusting.

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Tana French is the New York Times bestselling author of In the Woods The Likeness Faithful Place Broken Harbor The Secret Place The Trespasser and The Witch Elm Her books have won awards including the Edgar Anthony Macavity and Barry Awards the Los Angeles Times Award for Best Mystery Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction She lives in Dublin with her family. The trespasser dh lawrence Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be Her partner Stephen Moran is the only person who seems glad she s there The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases vicious pranks and harassment Antoinette is savagely tough but she s getting close to the breaking point Their new case looks like yet another by the numbers lovers quarrel gone bad Aislinn Murray is blond pretty groomed to a shine and dead in her catalog perfect living room next to a table set for a romantic dinner There s nothing unusual about her except that Antoinette s seen her somewhere before And that her death won t stay in its neat by numbers box Other detectives are trying to push Antoinette and Steve into arresting Aislinn s boyfriend fast There s a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinette s road Aislinn s friend is hinting that she knew Aislinn was in danger And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the glossy passive doll she seemed to be Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid but she can t tell just how far gone she is Is this case another step in the campaign to force her off the squad or are there darker currents flowing beneath its polished surface The Trespasser Dublin Murder Squad 6 So pleased with my reread of this one I definitely appreciated it the second time around and it satiated my police procedural need for the moment I m left wondering if she ll come back to the series based on the ending of this one it could go either way but I m unsure who the focus would be on moving forward All in all another fab read from Tana French 0143110381 Tana French is just fantastic. Book The trespassers book You know I actually have very little author loyalty By that I mean I can easily dislike a book by an author I have previously loved and vice versa a second or third chance can lead to a new favourite But at this point I feel completely safe going into Tana French s novels I settle down to read them with such faith in the author because she is so consistently good For me I don t have to wonder whether this one will be good or that one will be good because the author just is that good. EBook The trespasser catalyst I loved this book You may notice that this review is lacking in quotes but that was another thing I picked up on while reading this French s fantastic scenes and little pieces of dialogue are all about the context A certain line is snort out loud funny because you know the characters so well you can just picture Detective Conway delivering it Another scene is creepy because French has built the story up to that moment so well And I can t quote the whole book to you so I guess you ll just have to read it As always the characterization is absolutely perfect These characters come to life and they are complex hilarious stubborn and so damn likable even when they shouldn t be The Trespasser is told from the perspective of Antoinette Conway and anyone who read the last book knew this was going to be freaking awesome Her narrative voice is bitchy as fuck goddamn her sarcasm is biting I love her. Mystery thrillers the trespasser summary Her unlikable attributes become likable as French peels back the layers I think it s great how her books are about the detectives as much if not than the murder mystery It s extremely compelling to read a thriller where you care so much about the narrator Conway s hilarious dynamic with Steve Moran is also perfect I won t detail the mystery you can read the blurb if you want and you ll find out soon enough if you read it but I will say that TF knows exactly how to weave lots of intertwining little mysteries and surprises throughout so even those readers who work out one reveal will be shocked by others or at least be shocked by the hows and whys which are the most interesting mysteries of all right The question I always get about this series is Do I have to read them in order You don t but I think you should Here s why The mysteries all stand on their own and you don t need knowledge of the previous books to understand them However French introduces each narrator in the previous book Just gives us a glimpse of them to pique our curiosity and I think that s important We see them from the outside we wonder about them and then we get their story I think it works incredibly well So that s my suggestion. Book The trespasser catalyst The Trespasser is so well plotted the characters are memorable the atmosphere is creepy when it suits there s a lingering melancholy after the book ends and I literally laughed out loud several times What could I want Blog Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Store 0143110381 congratulations semifinalist in goodreads best mystery thriller category 2016 my very one sided love affair with tana french continues to me each book in this loosely connected series has been better than the one before however The Secret Place was a little bit of a hiccup for me in terms of this oft expressed declaration it was definitely not better than Broken Harbor which might be my all time favorite the teenspeak got to me a bit and it was the first time she decided hey let s throw in some supernatural stuff because i m tana freaking french and i can do no wrong but that element kind of threw me for a loop and i didn t think it was successful however with this book she is back in full force and i m smitten than ever. Kindle The trespasser destiny what s so great about her is that she is proficient nay masterful at every aspect of her craft so it looks good from every angle and there s literally something for everyone there s an intriguing central puzzle for the mystery fans her characters are original and deeply constructed for the literary fiction fans she is excellent at controlling the pacing so it s neither too slow for a beach read nor too zippy if you want to become deeply immersed in a plot it s spooky and suspenseful and smart and so so funny. The trespasser book and her descriptions it s like being there with all your senses engagedIn the Castle grounds the street lamps are still on but the city is lightening barely into something sort of like morning It s not raining which is good somewhere across the river there could be shoe prints waiting for us or cigarette butts with DNA on them but it s freezing and damp a fine haze haloing the lamps the kind of damp that soaks in and settles till you feel like your bones are colder than the air around you The early cafes are opening the air smells of frying sausages and bus fumes. Kindle The trespasser williams and she s outdone herself with her central character this time we met detective conway in The Secret Place and we all loved her brash no nonsense toughness and now that she s teamed up with detective stephen moran of both place novels faithful and secret it s just the best gooey icing these two are perfect working partners they get each other and they click in that perfect complementary sherlock and watson way playing to each others strengths and attuned to each others body language and thought processes despite seeming on the surface to be complete opposites moran is easygoing and affable and gets along with everyone while conway well she s been having a rough time ever since she transferred from missing persons to the murder squad part of it is her being the only woman part is her vague ethnicity she never knew her father but he was evidently on the darker side of the skin tone spectrum and part of it is her standoffish attitude it s a chicken egg situation she s been the victim of cruel pranks shut out from cases subjected to sexist and racist remarks and had her own cases actively sabotaged but it s unclear whether her treatment from the boys club murder squad is a response to her fuck off attitude or its cause in any event it has created a toxic working environment where the only ally she has is her partner and she has to work twice as hard as everyone else investigating murders while also making sure she remembers to bring her coffee with her when she leaves the room in case she comes back to find someone has spit in it this additional layer of wariness has taken its toll on her already cranky personality with all that unnecessary stress and doubt and apprehension clouding her judgment. The trespasser summary and for a detective instinct is the most important sense so when she and moran are handed what appears to be a clear cut case of a lover s fight turned deadly but which becomes murkier and murkier the they uncover and when certain members of their squad seem overly involved with the investigation steering them towards certain angles and away from others it doesn t take long for conway s justifiable suspicion of everyone to turn into a emphatic paranoia the tension is built perfectly since we are seeing everything through conway s perspective we re always right there with her second guessing what s really going on what s a trap what s a too easy solution when the other shoe is going to drop it is a very intense and claustrophobic experience it takes a special kind of narrator to be angry at so many different things at once Domestics are mostly slam dunks the question isn t whether you can arrest your guy or girl it s whether you can build a case that ll hold up in court A lot of people love that it pretties up your solve rate looks good to the brass but not me it means domestics get you fuck all respect from the squad where I could do with it because everyone knows the solve came easy Which is also the other reason they piss me off they ve got a whole special level of idiotic all to themselves You take out your wife or your husband or your Shag of the Day what the fuck do you think is gonna happen We re gonna be standing there with our mouths open scratching our heads at the mind blowing mystery of it all Duh I dunno musta been the Mafia Surprise we re gonna go straight for you the evidence is gonna pile up way over your head and you re gonna wind up with a life sentence If you want to kill someone have enough respect for my time to make it someone anyone other than the most gobsmackingly obvious person in the world. EPub The trespasser how do you not fall in love with her hers is an incandescent bitingly expressed brand of anger in which everyone except moran is a target at some point but man does she hate rory the wishy washy nice guy main suspect in his girlfriend aislinn s murder and his cowering floppy haired meekness. EPub The trespasser williams I m amazed this guy manages to get out of bed in the morning without working himself into a panic attack over the chance that he might trip on the bath mat and stab himself through the eye socket with his toothbrush and be left with a permanent twitch that ll ruin his chances of landing an airplane safely if the pilot has a heart attack and doom hundreds to a fiery death. The Trespasser epub reader What if maybe crap is for weak people It belongs to the ones who don t have the strength to make actual situations go their way so they have to hide away in daydreams where they can play at controlling what comes next And that makes them even weaker. The Trespasser kindle store but we re usually the most disgusted by those weaknesses of others that reflect our own weaknesses and insecurities conway is anything but weak but the particulars of her position in the squad have made her susceptible to the very same daydreams in her case speculations and paranoia rather than slappy happy fantasies as rory she doesn t clock the parallel herself but it s there it s a current underneath everything she does putting up her guard making sure her notes are locked up and her browser cleared always anticipating an attack which is the darker side of the what if maybe impulse. Memoirs of a trespasser imaginary authors as with all her novels tana french shines in the way she understands and portrays the innerworkings of the justice system the way crimes are investigated the hierarchies within the various divisions the relationships between detectives and their informants and the press the slippery nature of undercover work and her meticulous detailing of the process of everything from interviewing witnesses to paperwork somehow making it fascinating and also surprising even to people who have watched wayyyy too many crime dramas in their lifetimes. Kindle The trespasser destiny this kind of detailing is a very smart method of adding depth to characterization through a backdoor without having to go full on exposition and it s another example of how she s so damn good at what she does in descriptions like this we get unexpected insight into conway who has left the missing persons squad behind for the bigger flash of murder despite what it is costing her psychologically Missing Persons isn t like Murder In Missing Persons you don t work your case aiming to take down a bad guy you work it aiming to get a happy ending If it even looks like there might be a bad guy to take down mostly it s not your problem any say a body shows up looking dodgy you hand it straight over to Murder You can go your entire career without ever using your handcuffs That attracts a whole different type from Murder or Sex Crime the squads where your mind is focused on the kill shot and happy endings aren t on the menu and it makes for a whole different atmosphere. Mystery thrillers the trespasser cast there is a scene in which conway has to contact her old boss from missing persons and it s just so powerfully bittersweet a moment it hits the reader with the full force of the professional respectful environment she s left behind where she was valued to drag herself into a horrible atmosphere every day knowing she s suited to the work even if she s not getting the credit she deserves which knowledge is no comfort at all. The Trespasser kindle cloud a final word on partnership seriously conway and moran are perfection together and despite her feelings on what if maybes conway does get a little starry eyed over stephen not romantically thank god but in her own distinctive way Once or twice I caught myself daydreaming like a sappy teenager about our future together about someday when we would get the decent cases the genius plans we d dream up to trap the cunning psychos the interrogations that would go down in squad history. The Trespasser epub reader i m a little sad that i know how unlikely it is that we ll ever get another conway driven novel from tana french considering her MO of mixing up narrators with each book she was so appealing to me and the whole trajectory of this book being immersed in an escalating sense of dread and feeling increasingly unmoored and suspicious of everyone was exhilarating and exhausting all at once i loved every minute of it. EPub The trespasser williams thanks a million to anmiryam thank goodness for book angels review to come ohhhh book angels please shower me with blessings blessings shaped like this book come to my blog 0143110381 What does a star rating mean Does it mean this is a work of greatness that deserves to be read by every generation That each word is empathetically chosen each sentence crafted each paragraph placed with an eye to flow That through metaphor symbolism and theme it exposes the reader to some kind of truth That it inspires a passionate response That at this moment I loved it That it made me happy At the end of the day it doesn t matter how many stars I give The Trespasser It wrung me out like a three day fight playing me like an old lover an old enemy hinting in exactly the right ways saying the right words pausing at the best movement to achieve their ends I found myself reading every word but forcing myself to occasionally pause to breathe to consciously unclench the tense muscles in my neck and arms I found myself becoming generally non specifically angry just like Antionette striding through the squad room defensive irritable ready to lash out at annoyances Did I enjoy the experience Not particularly It was not pleasurable to be in such an angry person s head Was I able to break free Not particularly Common sense was able kick in three hours into reading and only an hour or two to go before bed I knew there was no way on earth I d be able to sleep with rage like that simmering below the the surface. Book The trespassers meaning Does evoking strong emotion make it a good book The second evening I read I had time a little less anxiety I knew I d be finishing far before bed And I might of peeked at the ending because French is one of the authors I can t quite trust she plays by different authorial rules I haven t forgotten her first book In the Woods. Kindle The trespassers meaning Does unpredictability make it a good book I did notice as I often do in a French book that I stuttered on her mechanisms the details of her plotting I realized even as I read it that a particular device was used to allow the plot to go the direction it did It felt a little obvious maybe even a little cheap but like the old old lover friend enemy who knows where each button is and how to best employ it it didn t matter I still finished the story exhausted relieved drained. EBook The trespasser catalyst Does obvious make it a bad book Less good I can t even think answer these questions of scale What am I comparing it to The greatest books that exist French s best work That paint by numbers mystery I read last week and said I liked The words like love seem ridiculously weak Did it pull me out of the world move me to black and blue into a night long bleary eyed wheel of emotion All the stars You can assume all italicized words are said with emphasis hand waving drama and occasionally some irritable sarcasm Sometimes the hand waving may come close to the side of your head if you are especially obstinate 0143110381 The Trespasser by Tana French is a 2016 Viking publication Sophisticated breathlessly paced and absolutely riveting Antoinette Conway and her partner Steve Moran are tossed a case involving a young woman named Aislinn whose body was found after a punch to the face caused her to fall and hit her head killing her Initially believing they ve been assigned yet another routine case they soon find themselves burdened with another seasoned detective called in to help them work the case If that weren t frustrating enough they are also hounded by dirty journalist who will stop at nothing to get the lowdown on their case As the pair begin to investigate Aislinn s boyfriend Rory soon becomes their prime suspect However Conway and Moran have a few alternate theories they are batting around and want to hold off on arresting lover boy to see what falls to earth after they shake a few trees However the murder squad seems to be in an all fired hurry to lock Rory up and throw away the key which raises Conway s suspicions but then again she is normally suspicious and paranoid due to the chronic harassment she is subjected to The only way to survive this will be to get the case solved and find out why the brass is so keen on pinning the murder on Rory but with Rory falling right into their hands and the powers that be riding their tale and playing psychological games it will take all the interrogating skills Conway has in her whole body to uncover the truth When I read In the Woods I became an instant fan of Tana French I had never encountered a crime novel written with such a profound literary prose From that point on I couldn t wait for the next book in the series to come out Every single one has been amazing except maybe for The Secret Place which ironically also features Conway and Moran While still a very solid novel it didn t have that same pull as previous installments and I admit I had a sliver of concern about that but this latest installment in the Dublin Murder Squad series immediately erased all those doubts The plot is tightly woven and tense with some of the best interrogation scenes I ve encountered in crime fiction I think the partnership between Conway and Moran is interesting and they seem to have a certain uneasy chemistry between them that adds an element of tension and sizzle to the story We sit there drinking while the stuff we should probably be saying out loud get itself done in the silence. The Trespasser kindle app Conway s internal monologues are dark and edgy the dialogue is razor sharp as Conway s paranoia literally leaps off the page but she is also darkly humorous at times and I came away with a few chuckles and some terrific phrases and colorful metaphors to try out It was about the same thing as everything else humans have done to to each other since before history began power It was about deciding who would be the alpha dogs and who would be at the bottom of the pile The pacing is one of the biggest assets in this novel which was little longer than most thrillers but trust me that is a good thing The way French baited me in time and again toyed with my mind slowly luring me in until I eventually I finally took the bait hook line and sinker was like a cat and mouse game between author and reader The characters are so well drawn and are given ample time to flourish to think things out as the case is worked like a true procedural with lots of interviews and leg work plus the added pressure of abnormal office politics which we all know plays a big part in police work with everyone jockeying for position or trying to cover their own butt I absolutely loved this book and rank it right up there with the first novel which has remained my personal favorite I love gritty hard as nails characters and deep twisty plots with a climactic ending in which the irony is just divine Simply amazing After reading a Tana French novel I always feel like I ve ingested a highly addictive drug because I immediately begin to feel withdrawal symptoms French does not chuck out novels at the speed of light and sound so the wait times in between releases can feel like an eternity so be sure to enjoy and slowly savor every last drop of this novel I know I did 0143110381

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5 stars I would give it 10 if I could This is by far Tana French s best novel She drew me in captured every ounce of me every fiber of my being and wouldn t let go till I read the very last sentence Breathless Heart in my chest Unable to concentrate on anything but this for days Work An interruption a bother Eating As if This Consumed Me. Book The trespassers will French perfects the Irish dialect her prose is smart and witty Clever Extremely funny I admit that I couldn t help myself here I can put on an Irish accent and throughout the entire book I found myself reading it in the dialect. The trespassers yeah but There were times halfway through when I was scared Terrified Projecting Imagining what was going to happen next Picturing the ABSOLUTE WORST Stomach in knots At that point I even messaged a Goodreads friend who just finished this and told her where I was at and that I had a bad feeling All I can say is. The trespassers novel Thank god My imagination ran wild and I was WAY off course Tana French does that She leads you down a path and you think OMG And you are wrong I was led astray times than I can count And in this instance PHEW In this novel Almost an innocent Yet GOOFY as hell And he s smart as a whip And he doesn t let Conway get away with anything I admit that I have a crush on him Always have Ever since he appeared in The Faithful Place Even though I am probably what 15 20 years older I can t help it he s adorable And he gives a sh t Love it Anyhow I digress Together he and Conway they make great partners And they work a case to death Here Conway and Moran with the help of Senior Detective Breslin investigate the death of Aislinn Murray which they initially thought was a domestic disturbance gone wrong The night of her death Aislinn was preparing a sweet meal for her new boyfriend Rory Fallon And he becomes the prime suspect even though there is no hard evidence against him Conway and Moran however fail to believe he is the culprit and explore other avenues and immediately discover that things are not what they seem The paths they go down Frakking crazy We the readers are sucked in from the start While I previously would have stated that my two favorite Tana French books were In the Woods and The Secret Place this surpasses them by MILES Here my stomach was in knots and my heart was beating a mile a minute and I was glued to the pages Staying up as late as I could each night dying to finish This one is a roller coaster And I encourage everyone to get on it and go for a ride Published on Goodreads and on 3 2 17 0143110381 While my February binge read of Tana French has reached its end these mysteries remain some of the best novels I have read in a long while They pull key aspects of police procedurals with a dash of Irish charm and leave the reader with a sense of completion after a drawn out story and systematic solution Picking up a few months after The Secret Place French turns the focus onto Detective Antoinette Conway who came from a single parent home and whose mixed race background left her feeling out of place Working the night shift with partner Stephen Moran Conway joins him as they investigate an apparent domestic disturbance gone wrong As they arrive to begin their investigation Conway and Moran learn a little about Aislinn Murray Living alone she appeared to have been expecting someone with the table set for a nice meal Conway soon learns that Aislinn had a new boyfriend Rory Fallon who had plans to meet her around the time of her murder Fallon proves less than sinister during his initial interview though his timeline for the night of the murder is flimsy enough that he could have turned up and committed the crime before following through with date night story Turning up the pressure in hopes of having Fallon spill Conway gets nowhere and his forced to keep her options open. Book The trespasser catalyst New avenues turn up potential leads including that Aislinn apparently become fixated on her father who disappeared from his family twenty years before After being encouraged to forge onwards Conway is left to chase down a gang angle There is the additional angle as to why Aislinn changed her image a few years ago dolling herself up and becoming sociable As she struggles to piece this case together Conway receives a visit from her own father who disappeared when she was little This interaction is nothing short of a disaster and only serves to exacerbate a sense of being unwanted Sensing parallels in her own life and Aislinn s past Conway takes a new approach and revisits all the information that have on hand It is only then that the case takes an interesting turn and turns up ideas that were previously hidden from her investigation Filled with wonderful storytelling and an evolving narrative French remains on the top of her game in this explosive novel perfect for series fans and curious folk alike. EBook The trespasser game All six Dublin Murder Squad novels have proven to be a delight to read with their winding narratives and strong cast of characters The dedicated reader will see a loose formula to them but this is not to say that it presents anything close to cookie cutter in nature Pulling the reader in to learn about Antoinette Conway was the perfect approach for this novel as she played a minor role previously and might have left some readers wondering about this slightly abrupt detective who allowed Stephen Moran into her case at St Kilda s see The Secret Place French develops a number of other great characters whose banter and placement in the story help push the narrative along sometimes in ways the reader might not expect Choice of the murder victim as well as the motive are also important to an effective story which French has kept unique and yet timely as the series gained momentum French is always keen on adding themes which helps add new flavour to the story and keeps me entertained as I gather the threads together The title proves to be the strongest theme for me showing the various forms of trespassers that emerge One could easily see that the murderer proved to be the most apparent trespasser that invaded Aislinn Murray s home entering and leaving her body strewn on the floor after a struggle Fathers to both Aislinn and Antoinette could also be seen as trespassers having left their homes but invaded these women s minds at various points in the story s development Antoinette herself may feel like a trespasser in the Squad as she is vilified and treated poorly by her fellow detectives turning against the only woman investigating murders This trespasser sensation could lead her to depart which would only fuel the rumours that Conway cannot handle the intensity of murder and the boys club that it seems to be The conscientious reader may see others which are left to germinate for those who want a little out of the mystery These well crafted tales are surely not for everyone as the story takes time to evolve and the narrative offers slow and paced growth but that is perhaps one of the greatest features as the reader is forced to investigate alongside the Murder Squad While I am caught up on the series the binge complete I cannot wait to see where else this series takes fans Kudos Madam French for leaving me needing which only goes to show how effective you are at writing I hope that many who read this and other reviews will find the time to at least try one of your mysteries and see for themselves that Ireland holds many gems not all of which require a rainbow. 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EPub The trespasser kaiju maybe its the classic whodunit feel a simple murder that i appreciated i did like the concept of someone on the inside impeding the investigation it kept me on my toes and had me not trusting anyone which was fun the only thing keeping me from rating this higher is the ending its very much TFs MO for things to be wrapped up via a confession and im just kind of tired of it the sixth time around for once i want hard evidence i want everything to be figured out before the suspect is brought in its just all a little too convenient for my liking but overall this is honestly a really good case with interesting motive investigatory skills and slow burn mystery 4 stars PS because its the end of the series and each book can be read as a standalone ive decided to rank each of them from favourite to least 1 the likeness 2 2 in the woods 1 3 the trespasser 6 4 faithful place 3 5 secret place 5 6 broken harbour 4 0143110381 There are books I rely on to get me through tough spots in life When things get to be too much when nerves are strung so tight that they are about to snap when exhausted cynicism threatens to take over and it feels that the world is ready to punch and bite and the mind runs in tighter and tighter circles and it feels like you are your own worst enemy You know those thorny spots in life when you need something to shake you out of it and bring some color to the greyness of the day. The Trespasser booking The Trespasser is one of those books for me I can t even count the number of times I ve listened to the wonderful audio version that makes my inner voice speak with Irish accent for days and days It s certainly my favorite Tana French book probably the only one of hers that does not shred your heart mercilessly until there s nothing left It s a book of gruffly sarcasm and angry resentment that culminates with such cautious bittersweet hope that even the most tightly wound can finally unclench I live inside my own skin Anything that happens outside it doesn t change who I am This isn t something I m proud of as far as I m concerned it s a bare minimum baseline requirement for calling yourself an adult human being somewhere around the level of knowing how to do your own washing or change a toilet roll All those idiots on the websites begging for other people to pull their sagging puppet strings turn them real they make me want to spit Antoinette Conway a detective on the fictional Dublin Murder Squad is having a tough time She has reached the end of her metaphorical rope Tough and whip smart and cynical to the core she has no illusions about her job or life She knows she s hated and an outcast and is one bad case away from complete ostracism She has been having trouble coming off orange alert lately and she knows it s about to bite her where it hurts A confident woman on the all male squad refusing to play by the rules abrasive and rough around the edges coming from the wrong side of the tracks she is expecting that even a smallest misstep would be enough to force her off the squad and she is prepared to take the first step and blow this popsicle stand No wonder she lives on the aggressive defensive In any squad people last a lot longer than two years My two years have been special The cases aren t a problem I could take back to back cannibals and kid killers never miss a wink of sleep Like I said you can beat one killer Beating your own squad is a whole other thing Two years of watching my back watching every step and every word in fight mode all day every day my instincts are fried to smoking wisps She is obviously suffering from a severe case of job burnout and sees no happy way out So when the murder case comes in on a frozen dawn in the kind of closed down January that makes you think the sun s never going to drag itself back above the horizon she is prepared to wrap it up quickly and make her exit without admitting defeat I didn t use to be like this I ve always had a temper on me but I ve always kept it under control no matter how hard I had to bite down Even when I was a kid I knew how to hold it loaded and cocked while I got my target in range lined up my sights and picked my moment to blow the bastard away Since I made Murder that s been changing slowly I never lose a lot of ground at once but I never gain any back and it s starting to show The last few months I ve lost count of how many times I ve caught myself in the half second before I splattered temper everywhere and stuck myself cleaning up the mess for the rest of my life I wasn t kidding about telling that witness he was too stupid to live my mouth was opening to do it when Steve came in with some soothing question I know dead certain that someday soon neither of us is gonna catch me in time. The trespassers And I know dead certain that the rest of the squad is gonna be on that moment like sharks on chum Except that the case turns out to be complicated than first thought It s than your bog standard domestic a much too common boy beats girl story Something smells rotten about the case and the rot may just extend all the way to her own much hated squad The only ray of sunshine perhaps is Conway s partner Steve Moran a happy go lucky people pleaser the slightly darker side of whom we saw in the previous book The Secret Place where Conway Moran partnership got its initially rocky start who may be the only person holding Conway back from the metaphorical edge Steve feels like a friend or something on the edge of it But we re still getting the hang of each other we still have no guarantees He s like a brother to Antoinette and very refreshingly never becomes a romantic interest thanks to French for small favors The friendship is so genuine that even in its most fragile moments you know that Steve and Antoinette need each other It s not that Steve has no ego all Ds do just that his isn t tied to being Mr Big Balls all the time It s tied to getting stuff done which is good and to people liking him which comes in useful and which I watch like hell It s a book that hinges on feeling as an outsider a wronged one one who seemingly refuses to crave belonging and acceptance It s a book with brash attitude crossed with pained and reluctantly emphatic feelings And it is a book that allows for a deeper look into your own self confronting your flaws and suspicions and convictions and faults while learning that sometimes you and the rest of the world don t have to be on the opposite warring sides I fragging love Antoinette Conway and Steve Moran Conway for her non nonsense jaded cop attitude and the no fucks given personality I love how her sarcastic abrasiveness fails to hide a decent person underneath the one who will do the right thing even or especially when it s not easy Even if she s going to bitch and moan about it with snarky and yet quite true observations about people despite her hard unlikeable facade She s angry and good and infuriating and so real and a perfect narrator voice for this book You take out your wife or your husband or your Shag of the Day what the fuck do you think is gonna happen We re gonna be standing there with our mouths open scratching our heads at the mind blowing mystery of it all Duh I dunno musta been the Mafia Ah background checks I say The foundation of every beautiful romance I love Steve for his faith in humanity optimism and unfailing dedication to friendship I love how his loyalty and trust are in the right place I love his self deprecation and humor and decency And I love the friendship strong enough where no words need to be said for perfect understanding We sit there drinking while the stuff we should probably be saying out loud get itself done in the silence And honestly all the characterization is just perfect in that trademark French way that puts other authors to shame So well drawn complex lifelike Every persona every scene every sentence is crafted so precisely and perfectly that there nothing left but well deserved admiration at what this emotional wringer does to your very soul how it gets into your head and heart and refuses to leave And the murder case itself is done so well The point is NOT as much the whodunit that you can figure out yourself at a reasonable point in the book without reliance on twists that are becoming all so popular but whydunit and the ripples that people and their actions cause in each other s lives and the power of stories that we choose to tell ourselves and the allure of being a protagonist in your own story and playing your carefully crafted part and the devastation when life and expectations collide They make me edgy Dozens and dozens of people they just keep coming and every single one of their heads is crammed with stories they believe and stories they want to believe and stories someone else has made them believe and every story is battering against the thin walls of the person s skull drilling and gnawing for its chance to escape and attack someone else bore its way in and feed off that mind too It s the sixth entry in the Dublin Murder Squad series but since those books are only loosely linked by a few shared characters it can be read as a standalone with no prior familiarity with the series It stands completely on its own merit and is a perfect introduction to Tana French s excellent writing. The Trespasser booklet And really it s perfect You can tell me otherwise but I promise to ignore any voices to the contrary and instead lose myself in the world of Dublin Murder Squad and Conway Moran partnership for many hours loving every minute of those hours feeling anger dissipate and cautious hope enter my bitter sarcastic heart It got me through a few crappy times in life and for that I ll be forever grateful I take one look up at the rest of my life waiting for me inside those neat sturdy squares of gold light Then we start off across the courtyard arguing to get a few pints and a few hours kip before it s time to head back and find out what s in there 5 stars Perfect Just perfect Love it My reviews of the rest of Tana French s books can be found here In The Woods. Mystery thrillers the trespasser summary The Secret Place 0143110381 Back to the Dublin murder squad and a second showing of Detective Antoinette Conway It seems however that I somehow or another neglected to read The Secret Place so for me this was my introduction to this character Convinced the entire murder squad is out to do her in force her out she has a giant chip on her shoulder Her partner seems for most of the book to be a milquetoast happy to support and follow A young woman is found dead and the easiest solution doesn t sit well with the two partners This story has bumps and dings than an automobile in a crash Things look one way and then another The evidence they find the complicated they get The interrogation scenes are masterfully done This is an combination of a character driven novel and a police procedural Not easy to do may account for the length of the book but French does these type of things very well It is said patience is a virtue and one needs patience here for sure because the pacing is very slow The depth of the portrayals also seemed to me to alter the suspense value but the excellent police procedural makes up for this at least for me Exciting story not so much but I found it fulfilling nonetheless Loved how it all came together in the end in a very plausible and reasonable way Need to go back and read the one I miss but as always look forward to French s next, The trespasser book But if you want to jump straight to this book you probably won t be disappointed either, The trespasser mystery thrillers on netflix there s nothing phoned in to her books not ever she always delivers the most satisfyingly chewy reading experiences: EBook The trespasser game Two years of watching my back watching every step and every word in fight mode all day every day my instincts are fried to smoking wisps: EPub The trespassers will which is ironic in a way conway detests dreamy people an attribute both the victim and suspect share: The trespasser book that s the apogee of infatuation for our dear antoinette conway.and it s perfect.a must read people. especially during the portions Steve was speaking.The Likeness.Faithful Place.Broken Harbour.ARC from publisher 0143110381 The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6).