The Wych Elm

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A truly great writer The Wych Elm is her best novel yet Lyrical, suspenseful, unpredictable My favourite novel of last year Terrific - terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent A masterpiece The finest crime writer around right now One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History...impossible to put down The Wych Elm should cement French's place in the first rank of great literary novelists Her storytelling skills are incredible Gripping and suspenseful, with more twists than a rollercoaster, The Wych Elm is a magnificent novel French offers a masterclass in unreliability . . . dissolving the boundaries between genre and literary fiction Her best book. Really, it is not a crime novel: as ever, Tana's scope is so much broader than that. It's a book about identity, childhood, luck and family...I absolutely loved it. Inspires cultic devotion in readers...most crime fiction is diverting; French's is consuming A brilliant examination of male privilege and family secrets A darkly addictive story of family secrets Tana French's writing is lyrical but sharp, her eye for detail exquisite, her storytelling skills incredible - I need to read her backlist right away! Another one of her rich psychological thrillers that will work its way under your skin French is a poet of mood and a master builder of plots A spectacularly talented writer Tana French is one of those rare writers whose publication date you put in your diary. Her effortless verve, insight and black wit still glimmer from every page. A hugely satisfying door-stopper of a novel, full of ambiguity, nuance and building menace. To read French is to experience that sense of utter disorientation that comes from the ground shifting constantly beneath your feet. Totally absorbing Tana French's best and most intricately nuanced novel yet. . . Get ready for the whiplash brought on by its final twists and turns A beautifully written, highly intelligent meditation on family relationships, the human mind, social politics and much more, often leavened with good jokes Expand reviews