by Tana French
Part of Dublin Murder Squad, book 1
First published 2004
As dusk falls, three children vanish into the woods near Dublin. Years later, a 12-year-old girl is found murdered in the same eerie forest. Detective Rob Ryan, who was one of the missing children, must confront his buried memories to solve the new killing, which bears a chilling similarity to the unsolved mystery from his childhood. Rich and surprising, this psychological thriller explores how the past can haunt the present.
Genres: mystery, crime, detective, psychological-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: past-trauma, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Dublin, Ireland
448 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books