Trust Her
A Novel
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“Flynn Berry is a must-read for me. Trust Her delivers her trademark blend of riveting suspense and beautiful emotional depth. You will love this novel.” —Laura Dave, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me
“Gripping . . . Ms. Berry is a lyrical writer who can set scenes both explosive and domestic.” —Wall Street Journal
Two sisters find they can’t outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Northern Spy, a Reese’s Book Club pick
Three years after they narrowly escaped the IRA’s worst punishment for informing, Northern Irish sisters Tessa and Marian Daly have built a new life in Dublin with their young children. Though Tessa is haunted by the abrupt and violent end to her old life, she does her best to immerse herself in the joys of Finn’s childhood and the rhythms of her new job at The Irish Observer.
It’s a small island, though, and just as quickly as they disappeared, figures from the sisters’ past surface to drag them back into the conflict. Tessa is told she must track down her old handler from MI5, Eamonn, and attempt to turn him into an IRA informant, or lose everything.
Tessa’s reunion with Eamonn revives a host of feelings she has long attempted to bury. As their relationship intensifies and the pressure mounts, long-held secrets rise to the surface, and Tessa must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting loyalties, all while trying to protect her beloved son.
With her signature hair-raising suspense, razor-sharp prose, and rich emotional depth, Edgar Award winner Berry has crafted both an unforgettable portrait of two fierce women in the Daly sisters and her most spellbinding thriller to date.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After nearly being killed for informing on the IRA, sisters Tessa and Marian Daly are finally settling into their new lives in Dublin when the past rears its ugly head, in Edgar winner Berry's harrowing sequel to Northern Spy. Over a sultry August weekend while her four-year-old son, Finn, is staying with her ex-husband, Tessa is snatched by IRA gunmen and given an ultimatum: reconnect with her old MI5 handler, Eamonn, and turn him into an informer—or else. The traumatized Tessa assents, forcing her to brainstorm a plan with Marian. As Tessa meets in turn with the attractive Eamonn and her menacing IRA contact, Eoin Royce, danger mounts. Then Marian vanishes during a solo mountain hike, and Tessa wonders if their old pursuers have struck again. Though some of the hairpin twists are less convincing than others—a subplot concerning a Dublin detective who's determined to prove the Daly sisters belong to an IRA sleeper cell feels particularly forced—Berry's moving depiction of a fractured family whose love runs as deep as its rifts should please existing series fans and win her new ones. Espionage buffs will find much to enjoy.
