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Tana French

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Tana French is the
New York Times bestselling author of eight previous books, including The Searcher, The Likeness, and The Witch Elm. Her novels have sold over three million copies and won numerous awards, including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.

new from tana french COMING MARCH 2024

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The Hunter

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.

Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge.

From the writer who is “in a class by herself,” (The New York Times), a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.

Also available as an audiobook!

Listen to a clip of award-winning voice actor Roger Clark reading The Hunter.

Join Tana French on tour for
The Hunter

Mar 5 2024 (Tue)
Virtual
Brookline Booksmith, Copperfield's, and Elliott Bay
This is a ticketed virtual event. Each ticket includes a signed copy of The Hunter.
7:00 PM EST
Mar 6 2024 (Wed)
Virtual
Barnes & Noble
B&N Midday Mystery Virtually Presents: Tana French's The Hunter!
3:00 PM EST

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