just finished reading...

This is an unusual series in that the three books are stand alone--tied together by their connection to the Dublin Murder Squad instead of sharing characters. In Faithful Place, Frank Mackey is an undercover detective, is a divorced father and is haunted by his dysfunctional family and childhood. He and his teenage girlfriend are planning to run away together but she doesn't make their appointed meeting place and Frank doesn't look back. Until her suitcase is found twenty years later. And Frank is once again drawn back into life in the old neighborhood.

I found myself caught up in the characters and atmosphere. As the story unfolds the threads weave together into a taught mystery. Even if you figure out who-done-it the hows and whys keep you reading.