The Hunter

Tana French's books are immersive and take you to a world--in this case rural Ireland--I didn't know much about and the mystery builds as the book goes on and the characters create unexpected relattionships

As a journalist and science writer, I sometimes turn to thrillers and crime fiction as an escape from data and scientific papers. This book certainly entertained, but it was so much more. This book is the beauty of the landscape, the authenticity of characters and the weight of what lurks just beyond what we all want to see, where something dark and evil resides in a shady space that is as much about what we shun in ourselves as what we publicly decry in the world.

Absorbing, funny, deep and an excellent mystery. I marked many stunning passages. French is a master at dialogue and description.

Tana French creates a compelling setting: a small village on the west coast of Ireland, and peoples it with complex characters, who, even if flawed, are compelling. The plot has many interesting developments, and the question of who is the real villain remains unclear until the end.

Beautiful writing!