Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Talking to Tana French About Her New Series
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Hunter
The Hunter is a contemporary mystery novel by Tana French that is set in the same fictional Irish town as her previous book, The Searcher.
Discussed“back here with Tana French to talk about her new novel The Hunter T you did something quite bold after your first six novels”
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The Searcher
The Searcher by Tana French is a compelling mystery novel set in rural Western Ireland where a retired Chicago police detective purchases a rundown cottage in hopes of finding peace and quiet, only to become entangled in a local disappearance.
Discussed“The Hunter is set in the same imaginary town of AR Mel where the Searcher was but this time cow Hooper who moved there from the US and when he retired as a police detective and was looking for a little bit of peace and quiet which he didn't get”
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Murder On The Orient Express
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is a classic locked-room mystery featuring the iconic detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a snowbound luxury train.
Discussed“so if you look at a book like I'm trying to think of a murder classic murder mystery where many people had a motive to kill the the victim let's say murder on the ordan express you learn after the murder how many people wanted the victim dead”
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The Secret History
The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a gripping psychological thriller that follows a tightly knit group of classics students at an elite Vermont college who become morally corrupted after committing murder.
Discussed“and it reminded me a lot of the secret history where if I'm also getting this right one of the characters comes in out of a crazy experience with someone else's blood in her hair and no one ever figures out whose blood it is”
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Mystic river
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane is a gripping psychological crime novel about three childhood friends in Boston whose lives are violently upended by the murder of one of their daughters.
Discussed“like if you take Dennis Lan he's another one Mystic River was another of those books that was absolutely formative because it is a ripping mystery but it's a wonderful social history”
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Watership Down
Watership Down by Richard Adams is a classic survival adventure novel that follows a small band of rabbits fleeing the destruction of their warren in search of a safe new home.
Recommended“I think weirdly the book that I have reread most times is definitely Watership Down by Richard Adams because I read it the first time I would have been I think seven and I don't think it's a kids book at all”
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