Cal Hooper recently retired from the Chicago Police Department after twenty-five years on the force. He decides to spend his retirement years in Ireland. He paid cash for a little cottage that needs a lot of work outside a small village in Western Ireland. Cal spends his days working on the cottage and his nights sitting on his back step drinking a cold beer. But one day he gets the sensation that he is being watched. And he is being watched by a thirteen-year-old kid who wants his help. Trey's brother, Brendan, has been missing for months, and nobody but Trey seems to care. Trey hopes that Cal Hooper will help to find Trey, but it soon becomes clear that somebody out there doesn't want Cal Hooper to find out what happened to Brendan. Will he be able to put it all together before it is too late?
Cal Hooper is the character who is living my dream. Moving to Ireland. My husband and I took our kids to Ireland last summer and we weren't on the Irish soil for a full day before we started looking at real estate. Cal Hooper is a wonderful character. Steady and fair. I listened to the book on audiobook and I really enjoyed hearing Cal's gruff Chicago accent mixed in with the thick Irish brogues. It was everything I love about books set in Ireland. One of the things I love most about Tana French is the slow way she builds a story. Her way with descriptions of the scenery and scenes places the read in Ireland. I can't help but love it. -CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS. I will tell you this, though. Tana French doesn't do twisty types of novels with shocking reveals. And that is almost refreshing.
Bottom Line - The Searcher is one of my favorite books of the year. I cannot overstate how much I enjoyed Cal Hooper and his experience in Ireland.
Details:
- The Searcher by Tana French
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- Pages: 464
- Publisher: Viking
- Publication Date: 10/6/2020
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- Thank you to NetGalley for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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