The Searcher

Terrific - terrifying, amazing STEPHEN KING
Completely, indescribably magnificent MARIAN KEYES
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A DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING...

Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force, and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens.

But then a local kid comes looking for his help. His brother has gone missing, and no one, least of all the police, seems to care. Cal wants nothing to do with any kind of investigation, but somehow he cant make himself walk away.

Soon Cal will discover that even in the most idyllic small town, secrets lie hidden, people arent always what they seem, and trouble can come calling at his door.

A gripping tale of breath-taking beauty and suspense that asks how we decide whats right and wrong in a world where neither is simple, and what we risk if we fail.

WINTER RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK
THE SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2021
THE TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2021
FT BEST BOOK OF 2020
THE GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF 2020
THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2020

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Im a big fan of Tana French IAN RANKIN

I didnt want it to end HARRIET TYCE

To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather shes simply this: a truly great writer GILLIAN FLYNN

Immersive and atmospheric ... Cal and Trey could very well be the new sort of heroes we need in this strange world ARAMINTA HALL

This is a tour de force of suspense and storytelling. Comes closer to perfection than anything Ive read in the last decade SARAH HILARY

The Searcher is its own kind of masterpiece WASHINGTON POST

One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartts The Secret HistoryTHE TIMES

French offers a masterclass in unreliabilitySUNDAY TIMES

[Crime fictions] biggest contemporary starGUARDIAN

One of the finest writers of contemporary crime fictionTHE DAILY MAIL

An audacious departure for this immensely talented author . . . not to be missedTHE NEW YORK TIMES

Nuanced and compellingTHE NEW YORKER