Rooks, bogs, farms, and menacing pubs populate The Searcher with a lush and brutal world. French continues that legacy, melding the tried and true hard-boiled cop narrative to the chilly atmosphere of rural Ireland. Foreign crime consistently tops the New York Times best-seller list. Each of these authors prevailed to their own niche noir. She delivers plot twists with a laugh and a smug smile.įrench’s work sits neatly alongside the work of many best-selling crime novelists: Agatha Christie, Stieg Larsson, Jo Nesbø. French is a vivid writer conjuring sunset and whiskey-soaked memories with equal beauty. Tana French’s writing is always a step above typical commercial crime fiction. NPR critic Maureen Corrigan even listed it as one of her top novels of 2020. Her novels consistently end up on year-end lists and top the charts on Goodreads. Cal is both a cowboy and a seeker, attempting to find both redemption and passion through fixing a house and solving crime.įrench has achieved cult classic status for her readability.
Trey’s brother has gone missing and Trey believes foul play is at work. At first, Trey helps Cal with his DIY projects but soon draws Cal into a missing person case that forms the core narrative of the book. Slowly, a teenager named Trey begins hanging around the house. He spends his time dropping hints about his old life in Chicago and trying to build cabinets. Cal is a typical man, listening to Johnny Cash, frying bacon, and building furniture. The reader is ushered into the Irish countryside through Cal, an ex-cop attempting to rebuild his life after leaving the Chicago Police Department. The Searcher is her newest crime novel that balances comfort, disease, and social isolation in equal and thrilling measure.
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