Instead of focusing on a single detective, she's chosen the fictional Murder Squad, with each of her novels told from a different investigator's viewpoint. Meanwhile, Scorcher is battling demons of his own: a sister clinging to sanity by her fingernails, a rookie partner and memories of a tragedy earlier in his life.įrench has adopted an unusual tactic with her series of thrillers set in and around Dublin. Nothing feels right in the Spain family's classy, expensive home: the walls are full of holes, there are video monitors planted all over the place, and it looks like Pat was trying to catch some sort of beast in the loft. Being broke, says Scorcher, "can scour away at a lifetime of mild, peaceful decency until all that's left is teeth and claws and terror".Įxcept things are far from simple, and the case quickly starts to spiral out of control. The finger is pointed, at first, at Pat, who lost his job months earlier. Ninety nine times out of a hundred, it gets there because they open the door and invite it in," says Scorcher. "You would be amazed at how seldom murder has to break into people's lives.
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