The Witch Elm
A Novel
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3.8 • 2K Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
“Tana French’s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.” —The New York Times
An “extraordinary” (Stephen King) and “mesmerizing” (LA Times) standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense.
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who’s dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life—he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family’s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden—and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we’re capable of, when we no longer know who we are.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
By now, the deliciously paced psychological thriller is as unmistakably Tana French as a corpse in the country manor is Agatha Christie. The plot of this standalone thriller centers on human remains found in the trunk of an elm tree; if you haven’t yet been inducted into the cult of Tana French, consider this skull your embossed invitation. French is fascinated by themes of memory and identity; when we’re not working out her puzzles, we’re basking in The Witch Elm’s atmospherics, its conjuring of a peaty idyll that has misted over and gone to seed.
Customer Reviews
A good read
Long time readers of the Dublin Murder Squad will appreciate the emotional unraveling of the mystery and the well written introspection. Not quite as good as French’s other novels, but still definitely worth the read.
Boring
I am 150 pages into the very slow moving story. I don't think that I will finish it. I feel as if I am slogging through a very boring stream of consciousness with no end in site.
One star!
Wow, it look nearly a third of the book to get to the murder plot and then no real mystery. Could predict the outcome almost immediately. If it hadn’t been for Hugo it would have been nearly impossible to get through. Not her best stuff and definitely not the best mystery book of 2018 as apple rated it!! Someone paid a handsome sum to get that title....ONE STAR!