Tana French Libri

L'ex detective della sezione 'Infiltrati' di Dublino Cassie Maddox viene convocata con urgenza dal suo vecchio capo Frank Mackey: una giovane donna è stata trovata uccisa, pugnalata al petto, in un cottage diroccato della campagna irlandese. Sembrerebbe un caso di routine, se non fosse che la vittima somiglia in modo impressionante a Cassie e che se ne andava in giro con un'identità fittizia, facendosi chiamare Lexie Madison. Il nome non è per niente nuovo a Cassie: nella sua prima missione, appena uscita dalla facoltà di psicologia, lo aveva usato come copertura allo scopo di infiltrarsi in un giro di trafficanti di droga all'interno del campus universitario. Della giovane donna trovata morta si sa solo che stava seguendo un dottorato in letteratura e che viveva in un'antica residenza georgiana, Whitethorn House, con altri quattro studenti. Ma chi era esattamente? Perché usava il nome di Lexie Madison? E l'assassino conosceva la sua vera identità o l'ha scambiata per la poliziotta? Cassie decide così di accettare la proposta di Frank e tornare a indossare i panni di Lexie, prendendo il posto della ragazza - senza divulgare la notizia della sua morte -, in modo da avvicinare le persone che frequentava e identificare i sospetti. Ma ben presto scoprirà di avere in comune con lei molto più del volto e di un nome falso...

È un'estate infuocata quando due uomini arrivano in un piccolo villaggio nell'ovest dell'Irlanda. Cal Hooper ha preso un pensionamento anticipato dalla polizia di Chicago e si è trasferito nella campagna irlandese in cerca di pace. Ha trovato una certa serenità, ha costruito una relazione con una donna del posto, Lena, e sta trasformando Trey Reddy, un adolescente semi-selvaggio, in un ragazzo promettente. Ma quando il padre di Trey, assente da lungo tempo, riappare, portando con sé un milionario inglese e un piano per trovare oro nella zona, tutto ciò che i tre hanno costruito è minacciato. Cal e Lena sono pronti a fare qualsiasi cosa per proteggere Trey, ma lui non vuole essere protetto. Ciò che desidera è vendetta. Una storia sfumata e atmosferica che esplora cosa siamo disposti a fare per i nostri cari, cosa siamo disposti a fare per vendetta e cosa sacrifichiamo quando i due si scontrano.

Patrick Spain e i suoi due bambini vengono ritrovati morti in un complesso residenziale mezzo abbandonato. Jenny, la madre, è in fin di vita. All'inizio Mick «Scorcher» Kennedy, incaricato delle indagini, pensa a una soluzione semplice: un padre sommerso dai debiti, travolto dalla recessione, ha ucciso i suoi cari e si è tolto la vita. Ma ci sono troppi elementi che non quadrano: le numerose telecamere nascoste nell'appartamento, i file cancellati su uno dei computer e la storia che Jenny ha raccontato a sua sorella a proposito di uno squatter che si aggirava intorno all'abitazione. A complicare le cose, c'è il quartiere in cui vivevano gli Spain - un tempo noto come Broken Harbor - che riporta a galla ricordi dolorosi del passato di Scorcher, legati soprattutto a Dina, la sua tormentata sorellina. Ricordi d'infanzia che pensava di avere sotto controllo e che invece cominciano a riemergere con una violenza incontenibile.

Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was nineteen, growing up poor in Dublin's inner city and living crammed into a small flat with his family on Faithful Place. But he had his sights set on a lot more. He and his girl, Rosie Daly, were all set to run away to London together, get married, get good jobs, break away from factory work and poverty and their old lives.But on the winter night when they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn't show. Frank took it for granted that she'd given him the brush-off--probably because of his alcoholic father, nutcase mother, and generally dysfunctional family. He never went home again.Neither did Rosie. Everyone thought she had gone to England on her own and was over there living a shiny new life. Then, twenty-two years later, Rosie's suitcase shows up behind a fireplace in a derelict house on Faithful Place, and Frank is going home whether he likes it or not.Getting sucked in is a lot easier than getting out again. Frank finds himself straight back in the dark tangle of relationships he left behind. The cops working the case want him out of the way, in case loyalty to his family and community makes him a liability. Faithful Place wants him out because he’s a detective now, and the Place has never liked cops. Frank just wants to find out what happened to Rosie Daly-and he’s willing to do whatever it takes, to himself or anyone else, to get the job done.

Antoinette Conway, the tough, abrasive detective from The Secret Place, is still on the Murder squad, but only just. She's partnered up with Stephen Moran now, and that's going well - but the rest of her working life isn't. Antoinette doesn't play well with others, and there's a vicious running campaign in the squad to get rid of her. She and Stephen pull a case that at first looks like a slam-dunk lovers' tiff, but gradually they realise there's more going on: someone on their own squad is trying to push them towards the obvious solution, away from nagging questions. They have to work out whether this is just an escalation in the drive to get rid of her - or whether there's something deeper and darker going on.

In Tana French's gripping novel, Detective Stephen Moran teams up with Antoinette Conway to reopen a year-old murder case of a boy at a girls' boarding school. With a new lead from sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey, they delve into the complex and perilous world of teenage friendships, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past. Richly atmospheric, stunning in its complexity, and utterly convincing and surprising to the end, In the Woods is sure to enthrall fans of Mystic River and The Lovely Bones.

Retired detective Cal Hooper moves to a remote village in rural Ireland. His plans are to fix up the dilapidated cottage he's bought, to walk the mountains, to put his old police instincts to bed forever. Then a local boy appeals to him for help. His brother is missing, and no one in the village, least of all the police, seems to care. And once again, Cal feels that restless itch. Something is wrong in this community, and he must find out what, even if it brings trouble to his door. Our greatest living mystery writer weaves a masterful tale of breath-taking beauty and suspense, asking what we sacrifice in our search for truth and justice, and what we risk if we don't.

"Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who?s dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life?he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family?s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden?and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed. A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we?re capable of, when we no longer know who we are"--Amazon.com

On a cold night in a remote Irish village, a girl goes missing... Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged - to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she's dead in the river. In a place like this, her death isn't simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here now and he owes them loyalty, but his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty's tangles. As the feud becomes more vicious, their settled peace starts to crack apart. And when they uncover a scheme that casts a new light on Rachel's death and threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line.