But his latest case takes him back to the coastal village of Broken Harbour, which stirs up childhood memories that he would prefer to forget. Mick 'Scorcher' Kennedy is a man who prides himself on his professionalism and self-control. These heroes always seem to have a dark past which they are trying to leave behind – and it's no exception here. Each one has had a different hero, although there are often familiar faces in the background. So I'm sad to report that BROKEN HARBOUR is really rather ordinary crime fiction and never quite delivers what it promises.įrench's books are all up to now police procedurals, set in or around Dublin. Her previous three have been intense, lush tales where the fact she has occasionally felt constrained by the genre she's writing in hasn't mattered in the end – the characters and the storytelling have been all-encompassing.
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