Maybe I missed a detail or just didn’t get it, but the other mysteries I’ve read, including The Searcher, had an explanation that tied up the loose ends and even when there wasn’t a strong motive, the murder made sense at the time. I kept thinking they were going to find a carbon monoxide leak to explain why the whole family started this decent into madness, but nothing concrete ever came. The best yet of French's four excellent thrillers, it. French writes with considerable affection for Ireland. Is Scorcher’s selfcontrol as strong as he imagines In what other ways might Scorcher’s selfimage be somewhat incorrect 2. Irish novelist Tana French’s crime novel Broken Harbour (2012) is the fourth installment in the Dublin Murder Squad series. French’s protagonist, Mick Scorcher Kennedy, prides himself on his selfcontrol. So Pat imagined everything related to the Attic Animal? Was there never an exterminator? What about the wood and leaves he saved? These were questions Kennedy and Curran had when they first started learning about the Attic Animal but no one ever addressed them again.Īnd the wife started losing it because…being poor is hard? And she snapped because her kids starting imagining the animal too? Or because she was afraid people were going to find out Pat was losing it? Broken Harbour is a tale about the different facets of obsession and insanity, and it winds up to a finale that is almost too distressing. Broken Harbor (French) - Discussion Questions Discussion Questions 1. I felt like the solution to this mystery was a bit unsatisfying and left lingering questions. Just finished reading this, and I have no one to discuss it with!
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