MYSTERY/CRIME BOOK CLUB

A ghost estate outside Dublin – half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned – two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder Squad’s star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. Scorcher’s personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and ...

Join us for a lively discussion of the book club selection.  Tonight's selection is "Broken Harbor" by Tana French.  Copies are available for checkout at the Ocean Beach Library.  The book club is open to all and no registration is required.