For me it all goes back to that night, the dark corroded hinge between before
and after, the slipped-in sheet of trick glass that tints everything on one side
in its own murky colours and leaves everything on the other luminous and
untouchable. One night changes everything for Toby. A brutal attack leaves him
traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at the
family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with cherished memories of
wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins.But not long after
Toby's arrival, a discovery is made. A skull, tucked neatly inside the old
wych elm in the garden. As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to
examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and
himself.
Author Biography
Tana French has won many awards for her fiction, including the Edgar, Anthony,
Barry, Macavity and IVCA Clarion awards, the LA Times Book Prize for Best
Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Best Crime Fiction. She grew up in
Ireland, Italy, the US and Malawi, and trained as an actress at Trinity College
Dublin before becoming a writer. She lives in Dublin with her family.