Faithful Place is the name of a neighborhood in Dublin and this novel is a book about going home. Frank Mackey is a Detective in the Undercover department of the Dublin police. Back when he was 19, he made plans with his girlfriend, Rosie, to run away to England. You see, theirs was a Romeo and Juliet romance. The Dalys hated the Mackeys and visa versa. But on the night they were to leave, Rosie disappears. Everyone assumes she went on to England without Frank. Frank does not return home either, choosing to make his way in life on his own. Fast forward 22 years. The old house where they used to meet is being torn down and a suitcase is found stuffed up the chimney. Frank is sucked in to the investigation although no one really wants him there. The "Place" does not like cops, the Dublin police think he will choose loyalty to family and community and Frank's dysfunctional family holds too many secrets to want a cop hanging around, even if he is a long lost son. This is another great Tana French novel. I am hooked!
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