The Searcher: The mesmerising new mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Terrific - terrifying amazing STEPHEN KING Completely indescribably magnificent MARIAN KEYES ----------------------------------------------------------- A DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING... Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But then a local kid comes looking for his help. His brother has gone missing and no one least of all the police seems to care. Cal wants nothing to do with any kind of investigation but somehow he cant make himself walk away. Soon Cal will discover that even in the most idyllic small town secrets lie hidden people arent always what they seem and trouble can come calling at his door. A gripping tale of breath-taking beauty and suspense that asks how we decide whats right and wrong in a world where neither is simple and what we risk if we fail. WINTER RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK THE SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2021 THE TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2021 FT BEST BOOK OF 2020 THE GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF 2020 THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------- WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT TANA FRENCH Im a big fan of Tana French IAN RANKIN I didnt want it to end HARRIET TYCE An engrossing unpredictable beautifully written mystery SOPHIE HANNAH To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather shes simply this: a truly great writer GILLIAN FLYNN This mystery about family memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long long time ERIN KELLY Immersive and atmospheric ... Cal and Trey could very well be the new sort of heroes we need in this strange world ARAMINTA HALL This is a tour de force of suspense and storytelling. Comes closer to perfection than anything Ive read in the last decade SARAH HILARY A tale of flawed characters complex relationships and elusive loyalties. Subtle and powerful CHRIS HAMMER The Searcher is its own kind of masterpiece THE WASHINGTON POST One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartts The Secret History THE TIMES The Wych Elm should cement Frenchs place in the first rank of great literary novelists OBSERVER French offers a masterclass in unreliability SUNDAY TIMES [Crime fictions] biggest contemporary star GUARDIAN One of the finest writers of contemporary crime fiction ... a work of great strength and beauty THE DAILY MAIL This compulsive beautifully written thriller - part modern Western part satisfying mystery - is brilliantly character-driven perfectly evoking life in a small Irish town THE SUNDAY MIRROR An audacious departure for this immensely talented author . . . not to be missed THE NEW YORK TIMES Nuanced and compelling THE NEW YORKER Review This is a tour de force of suspense and storytelling. Comes closer to perfection than anything Ive read in the last decade -- SARAH HILARYFrench offers a masterclass in unreliability ―SUNDAY TIMESThis is completely indescribably magnificent. Tana French is a pure genius -- MARIAN KEYESA story of redemption and friendship love and betrayal it is a work of great strength and beauty ―DAILY MAILTo say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather shes simply this: a truly great writer -- GILLIAN FLYNNIm a big fan of Tana French -- IAN RANKINThe Wych Elm should cement Frenchs place in the first rank of great literary novelists ―OBSERVERThis book confirms Tana French as [crime fictions] biggest contemporary star ―GUARDIANTerrific - terrifying amazing and the prose is incandescent -- STEPHEN KINGThis mystery about family memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long long t