![]() As Cal meets his neighbor, Mart, and other village locals, he realizes what a tightly knit community he has moved into. This laid back lifestyle, however, does not last long. In addition, cooking rabbit stew and frying perch are culinary skills that fit the retirement agenda. ![]() ![]() He takes on the task of restoring a broken down cottage (reflective of his need to restore personal relationships), with hopes of using his carpentry skills, and looks forward to the fishing and the hunting his acreage provides. Recently divorced and disillusioned by the direction his career as a detective is leading, Cal leaves the United States behind and seeks the slower pace of rural Ireland. Burned out, after twenty five years of police work, and retired, Cal goes “searching” for a new life, hoping to find some measure of peace in a small village in western Ireland. The narrative is told by Cal Hooper, an ex Chicago Police Department detective. ![]() ![]() Having now read The Searcher, I understand the title of “the First Lady of Irish Crime” given to French by The Independent. With credits from Stephen King – “Terrific – terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent.” – and the Washington Post’s Maureen Corrigan – “French is a poet of mood and master builder of plots.” – I decided to give her a try with her newest 2020 novel. In my search for a new novelist – new to me that is – in the psychological mystery genre, I found Tara French. ![]()
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