I've just finished reading the first portion of our read along. chapters 1-6. The book is set in Ireland, in a small village. We meet Francis/Frank Mackey who is a cop in Dublin, he's introduced to us as a divorced father of one daughter, Holly.. On his weekend with his daughter he gets a call from his sister Jackie. Other than Jackie, Frank has been estranged from his family for 22 years. The call brings him back to his childhood home. Apparently a suitcase was found containing items which give Frank reason to believe his girlfriend of the time Rose left this suitcase in a house where teens met to do their socializing. The house had been vacant and was now under construction, the suitcase found stuffed in a fireplace. Frank returns to his home to discover that his parent had not really changed, and other than deaths and marriages things in his home town are pretty much the same. When he begins his investigation he soon discovers the possibly of Rose never leaving the abandoned house and calls in a possible crime. By the end of chapter six we have a pretty good idea that Rose is the skeleton in the basement of Number 16. Frank is both devastated by losing Rose for a second time and relieved to know that she didn't leave him, as he had thought for the 22 years he has been away from Faithful Place.
My Thoughts: OOOOOOOOoooo! I love Frank. I love how French describes the dysfunctional community of Faithful Place. I know little about the Irish, but from the description in the book, they are people with families and lives much like anyother community. I have no guesses yet as to the murderer. And I'm off to keep reading...
