The concept of "home" means different things to different people. Whether one wants to acknowledge it or not, "home" is where you come from, it forms who you are, and can never be taken away from you. For most people visiting home is a rewarding if not nostalgic experience. For Frank Mackey, the main character in Tana French's page-turning new novel, Faithful Place, it is neither of those things.When Frank was nineteen, he and his girlfriend, Rosie, made plans to leave their poverty-stricken neighborhood in Dublin and run away together in hopes of starting a new, more prosperous life together. The night they were supposed to meet and leave Rosie does not show so Frank leaves without her, thinking she either got cold feet or was breaking up with him in an extremely cold way. The thing Frank does know is that Rosie's family thinks she did leave.
Years later when Frank is in his 40's, he gets word that Rosie's suitcase was discovered in an abandoned house in his parent's old neighborhood, on Faithful Place. This was a mystery story like I have never read before. The way French crafts the novel is inventive and interesting; I couldn't put it down. This is definitely not a "beach-book" but it is one you should stuff into your beach bag and not come back until you are sunburned to a crisp!
Buzzy
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