{"product_id":"the-trespasser-9781444755664","title":"The Trespasser","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe masterful Richard \u0026amp; Judy pick, from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A TRULY GREAT WRITER'' Gillian Flynn, author of \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS WORKING TODAY'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou can beat one killer. Beating your own squad is a whole other thing.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBeing on the Dublin Murder squad is nothing like \u003cb\u003eDetective Antoinette Conway\u003c\/b\u003e dreamed. Her working life is a stream of thankless cases and harassment. Antoinette is tough, but she''s getting close to the breaking point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new case looks like a regular lovers'' quarrel gone bad. \u003cb\u003eAislinn Murray\u003c\/b\u003e is blond, pretty and lying dead next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There''s nothing unusual about her - except that Antoinette has seen her somewhere before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd her death won''t stay neat. Other detectives want her to arrest Aislinn''s boyfriend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst-rate . . . her procedural thoroughness takes her deeper and deeper into a wholly convincing portrayal of Dublin police. -- David Hare * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eFirst-rate . . . her procedural thoroughness takes her deeper and deeper into a wholly convincing portrayal of Dublin police. -- David Hare * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Crime Title of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Crime Title of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThe narrator this time is the wonderfully foul-mouthed, bad-tempered detective Antoinette Conway.  And her narrative voice proves to be\u003cb\u003e just as entertaining as I'd hoped\u003c\/b\u003e, with a wonderfully salty and sometimes cruel sense of humour . . . At last it looks like a police procedural series from this side of the Atlantic \u003cb\u003ecan rival the best of the Americans\u003c\/b\u003e. * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eI'm a huge fan of hers and have read all her novels. -- Cecilia Ahern * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best crime writers working today, Tana French . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI can do you no greater favour in life than recommending that you read her books.\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian.com *\u003cbr\u003ePerfect winter reading.  Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series are up there with the most read on our 50 book challenge discussions. This is no surprise since her books offer readers \u003cb\u003ecompelling, intelligent thrillers with brilliant characters\u003c\/b\u003e - including the tough and foul-mouthed detective, Antoinette Conway, the narrator of this \u003cb\u003etwisty and thrilling story\u003c\/b\u003e. * Mumsnet Best books for Christmas *\u003cbr\u003eIts single voice is brilliantly sustained over 450 pages, and the book is a\u003cb\u003e clever and intriguing\u003c\/b\u003e experiment - the default technique of the psychological thriller, first-person female narration, deployed instead in a procedural whodunit. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eFrench's gripping sixth novel checks every box from prose to plotting to suspense to characterisation.  I'm working my way through the Dublin Murder Squad series and they're stellar. * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003eA gnarly, absorbing read, and a finely tuned slice of wintry gloom from \u003cb\u003eone the best thriller writers we have.\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully wrought murder mystery and investigation into what it means to be a murder detective. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eFrench and \u003ci\u003eThe Trespasser\u003c\/i\u003e merit all the praise we can heap on them.   \u003cb\u003eIf 2016 has a better crime thriller to offer, I've not yet read it.\u003c\/b\u003e * New Books Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eTHE TRESPASSER contains \u003cb\u003ethe most tense and serpentine interrogation scenes outside of John Le Carré\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Shows French to be a one-off phenomenon. -- Mark Lawson * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAnother gripping tale, beautifully told, by \u003cb\u003ea woman at the top of her game\u003c\/b\u003e. * Sunday Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaut, twisty\u003c\/b\u003e, packed with all-too believable characters and rattles along at \u003cb\u003ebreakneck speed\u003c\/b\u003e. * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003eShe's fast becoming our fave crime\/thriller writer, as this latest offering is \u003cb\u003eflipping brilliant!\u003c\/b\u003e * Fabulous Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eGet ready to get comfy on the sofa with this \u003cb\u003eclever, compelling and creepy thriller\u003c\/b\u003e - it's quite possibly French's best to date. * Closer Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eFrench's psych-profile shtick is so sharp, she ensures we're wrapped up, too . . . \u003cb\u003ethe big reveal can hit you like a loaded punch\u003c\/b\u003e * Crime Scene *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of this year's most anticipated books\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tense study in paranoia\u003c\/b\u003e, delivered with French's customary adroitness.  It's not hard to see why such \u003cb\u003ewriters as Stephen King and Gillian Flynn are admirers\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Barry Forshaw * Crime Time *\u003cbr\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003estory-telling at the highest level\u003c\/b\u003e, packed with sparky dialogue and a feisty heroine who rises about her difficult background and challenging work environment in order to seek the truth. * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncommonly well written\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clever and well-crafted read.\u003c\/b\u003e * Sun *\u003cbr\u003eI'm a huge fan of hers and have read all her novels. -- Cecilia Ahern * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eTana French's thrillers are consistently good - \u003cb\u003ewell-plotted, intelligent, with memorable characters\u003c\/b\u003e - and her latest, THE TRESPASSER, does not disappoint. * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is crime writing at its most sublime\u003c\/b\u003e:  spell-binding story-telling with a heroine to treasure in Detective Antoinette Conway . . . Author Tana French's reputation has been growing steadily in recent years and she is now at her peak, as this \u003cb\u003esuperb novel\u003c\/b\u003e underlines. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebeautifully wrought\u003c\/b\u003e murder mystery and investigation into what it means to be a murder detective. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003ePerfect winter reading.  Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series are up there with the most read on our 50 book challenge discussions. This is no surprise since her books offer readers \u003cb\u003ecompelling, intelligent thrillers with brilliant characters\u003c\/b\u003e - including the tough and foul-mouthed detective, Antoinette Conway, the narrator of this \u003cb\u003etwisty and thrilling story\u003c\/b\u003e. * Mumsnet Best books for Christmas *\u003cbr\u003eFrench's gripping sixth novel checks every box from prose to plotting to suspense to characterisation.  I'm working my way through the Dublin Murder Squad series and they're stellar. * Big Issue *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836958687575,"sku":"9781444755664","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444755664.jpg?v=1710386625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-trespasser-9781444755664","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}