Broken Harbor

Broken Harbor
by Tana French

Like a dreary, cloudy, overcast day this book never quite lightens up. The story centers on a family, seemingly perfect, murdered in their home. The main character is a troubled detective with tragic connections to the seaside town. The story was compelling, but did seem to get bogged down by the lengthy and sometimes repetitive conversations/interviews.

All of the characters in this book were deeply troubled, especially the females, all of whom have deep mental problems, which may be why it took so long to make my way through it. The only good woman is a minor character who we know only from phone calls. She was too wrapped up in her life and came off as selfish for not helping out the detective when he needed her.

Not a bad book, but it left me wanting to take a break and make the next read a little less intense with, at least, a few nice women.