A young woman is found dead in the river near Ardnakelty, and the quiet Irish village closes ranks around what it knows. Tana French brings her Cal Hooper trilogy to its end.

Readical Key Points

• Third and final novel in the Cal Hooper trilogy, after The Searcher and The Hunter
• Set in the rural Irish village of Ardnakelty
• A crime novel of small-town loyalties, old grudges and quiet power
• An instant New York Times bestseller
• Hardcover, 496 pages, Viking, 2026

Cal Hooper, a retired Chicago detective, has built a settled life in Ardnakelty with his fiancée, Lena. When Rachel Holohan is found in the river, he would rather leave the matter to others. But the death reaches into his own household, and his foster daughter does not believe the easy explanation. What follows turns on grudges that go back years and the ways power moves through a place where everyone knows everyone.

Readers who followed Cal through The Searcher and The Hunter will find the story carried to its close, and readers of slow-building, atmospheric crime fiction will find a village drawn in patient, close detail. In Ardnakelty, the question is never only what happened. It is who can afford for it to be known.

About the Author

Tana French is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including In the Woods, The Likeness and The Searcher. Her honors include the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry Awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin.

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