A gripping new mystery from the million-copy-bestselling author Tana French.

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, splitting 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.

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.

PRAISE FOR TANA FRENCH

‘Incandescent’ Stephen King

‘Mesmerising’ Gillian Flynn

‘Masterful’ Chris Whitaker

‘If you haven’t read Tana French yet, I really highly recommend that you do’ Harlan Coben

‘Among the first rank of great literary novelists’ Observer

‘Crime fiction's biggest contemporary star' Guardian