![]() ![]() It turns out to be a skull, which sends waves, as no one can be sure who it might be. During a family gathering, an odd find comes out of the witch elm that towers over everything else. What follows is a slow recovery and Toby decides to move in with Hugo, his terminally ill uncle. Fawned over by many, Toby slowly recuperates and is released from hospital. ![]() Even more confusing, when detectives arrive to discuss the matter, he learns that the attack included the robbery of a select number of items from his abode. Extensive time in the hospital forces Toby to think about who might have done such a thing to him. Arriving at his flat, he encounters two men, who beat him to a pulp and leave him with a serious head injury. ![]() When he is well-sauced, he returns home, trying to remember all the nuances of the fragmented conversation in which he was a participant that evening. Toby Hennessy is out for a weekend chin-wag with his mates at the local pub. French’s writing style and plots are surely central to this split, which has reviewers throwing metaphoric punches. After a run of highly successful novels in the Dublin Murder Squad series, Tana French returns with a standalone that has created many waves amongst reviewers on various sites and in the literary world. ![]()
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