We’re all supposed to grow to a ripe old age, yet murder violates these expectations and breaks the so-called rules of these trusted relationships. Even neighbours sometimes engage in feuds that end in death. But murder also breaks the rules of what we expect: parents kill their children, children kill their parents spouses vow to love and cherish ’till death do us part,’ until murder suddenly and inexplicably becomes an alternative to divorce. If you stop and think about it, murder is an instance in which rules are broken I’m not just talking about laws because that’s obvious. Those two opening lines from Irish author, Tana French’s fourth novel, Broken Harbortell us a lot about Dublin Murder squad detective, 42-year-old Mick Kennedy: 1) he cares deeply about his job 2) he’s an engaging narrator, and 3) this is a man who places a great deal of importance on the rules. By every rule in the book, this should have been the dream case.” It should have ended up in the textbooks as a shining example of how to get everything right. “Here’s what I’m trying to tell you: this case should have gone like clockwork.
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