Tana French is the author of 'The Dublin Murder Squad' series, of which this is the sixth entry. Unlike any police procedural series that I've come across in the last thirty years, this one isn't keyed into continuing characters. So, unlike the '87th precinct' series or the Adam Dalgleish stories, these tales are about the process and the place, Dublin.
Here, our lead 'D' is the only woman currently in the squad, is of mixed race and who feels as if the world is stacked against her. She and her partner catch a case and immediately conclude that there may be some police corruption a few layers deep. The two most senior men in the squad obsequiously offer their help. Are they trying to help or hinder?
Antoinette Conway cannot figure out what to do with Breslin and McCann and runs the case with one eye on the facts and one on the two older men. They stymie her, insult her and ostracize her, but she forges ahead, unearths a very surprising set of facts, and catches her perpetrator. The novel is bit long, but well-paced, and great on Dublin street talk.
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