by Tana French, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Paul Nugent, 2018, Penguin Audio

This is a novel about a young man in Ireland who gets involved in a murder of one of his school mates.  The book starts out with a break-in to his apartment when he is severely injured.  The book seems to focus on his attempts to come to grips with what kind of person he is and has been in the past.

Unfortunately, the book is about two times as long as it needs to be.  Some of the conversations go on and on to the point where they are tedious.  One might argue that this is necessary to define and develop the characters, which it does, but at the expense of enjoying the novel.  The tone of the book is dark, and it keeps descending into that darkness right up to the end, which is horrific and totally destroyed my appreciation of the book.

The writing is decent and the narration is really good.  My advice to a reader, however, would be to put the book down and go on to something else before you get near the end.