This is the 3rd installment of Tana French's "Cal Hooper" series; see my posts for the previous two books for more background (The Searcher and The Hunter). A young woman who is engaged to the son of Ardnakelty's wealthiest man apparently kills herself by drinking anti-freeze and then drowning in the river. The concensus is that she committed suicide but the rumors swirl about why she would have done that. Cal and Lena are reluctantly dragged into trying to find an answer because of Trey's obsession with the incident. As usual, the pacing is slow but beautifully written and you will be carried along by the maturing Trey and the town's dynamics for keeping secrets.
Library Journal gushes "French is an expert at writing suspense and depicting the stifling tensions of small towns, and her final book in the Cal Hooper trilogy ...brings Cal's story to a pulse-pounding conclusion." Publishers Weekly rightly calls the novel "atmospheric" and I agree with their assessment "Though the serpentine final 100 pages are nail-biting, this will be best enjoyed by readers already familiar with Ardnakelty and its quirky cast of characters." Kirkus says it is "great crime fiction."
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