Tana French became a must-read author for me as soon as I finished In the Woods, so I'm almost embarrassed to say how long The Witch Elm has just been languishing on my shelf. But now its time has come, and it has taken its place on my shortlist to be read next.
From the jacket: Toby is an easygoing 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. 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.
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