![]() ![]() He’s had his fill of brutality from his colleagues and of seeing kids on the streets who don’t believe him when he says Black Lives Matter. Tana French’s novel is an homage to Ford’s The Searchers.Ĭal Hooper is no civil war veteran, but he is a veteran cop, retired after 25 bruising years in the Chicago Police Department where he saw first-hand everything that was wrong with contemporary policing. An American Civil War veteran spends years looking for his abducted niece, taking his adoptive nephew on his journey. ![]() Cast your mind back to John Ford’s classic movie. You might be forgiven for thinking that Tana French’s The Searcher is vaguely familiar. Soon Cal will discover that even in the most idyllic small town, secrets lie hidden, people aren’t always what they seem, and trouble can come calling at his door. Cal wants nothing to do with any kind of investigation, but somehow he can’t make himself walk away. His brother has gone missing, and no one, least of all the police, seems to care. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force, and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens.īut then a local kid comes looking for his help. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING…Ĭal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. Publication: 5 th November 2020 from VikingĪ DISAPPEARANCE. ![]()
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