Faithful Place

by Tana French

Part of Dublin Murder Squad, book 3

First published 2011

Twenty-two years after his girlfriend Rosie vanished, Dublin detective Frank Mackey returns to his old neighborhood on Faithful Place, where her suitcase is discovered. Forced to confront his past, Frank digs into the tight-knit community's secrets to uncover what really happened to Rosie. Frank's complicated family ties and former allegiances push and pull him as he searches for the truth. With the cops and his own community working against him, Frank must navigate a labyrinth of old betrayals and new suspicions to find out what became of the woman he once loved.

Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, family-drama

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, suspenseful

Tropes: past-coming-back-to-haunt, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Dublin, Ireland, Faithful Place, London, England

Period: 1985, 2007

400 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books

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