a better read than most crime novels

think crime novel minus the pinnacle, stressful, threatening encounter between cop and murderer, add poetic writing and a setting like the beginning of angela's ashes.... and that is where you get faithful place by tana french.

i read a few critics of the book....phew, some really did not like this book.
i think she is a really good writer.
i read it sitting in bed by myself while hubbie was at a conference.... so, not too "suspenseful" that a husbandless-house would deter me from reading (meaning, i am scaredy cat and the slightest hint of tension and i would put the book down). i was dutiful and did not read past 10pm because i was flying solo for a couple of days.... i appreciate the somewhat anti-climatic solving of the crime aspect of this novel. it was a lot more about the characters and the setting..... thus aptly title after the neighborhood (faithful place) where our protagonist detective returns to to solve a 20 year old murder of his first love.....

i recommend.....