Any one of her minor characters could end up at the center of a murder mystery the next go-around. It’s part of the reason her development of the supporting cast is so important. We already know them through the eyes of others, now we have the chance to learn how they see the world. She takes a minor character from the preceding novel and makes them the new protagonist. Nowhere is that more evident than in her latest novel, The Secret Place.įrench’s books have a clever conceit. As good as French is at plotting a mystery, she’s even better at developing her characters. In Tana French’s fiction, we learn all the details: the manner in which a minor character cocks their head and exactly what they intend by the expression, what a detective resents most about their job, and why the friend of a murderer might feel compelled to spill their secrets. One way you can tell how hard a writer is working is by how well you know their cast of of supporting characters.
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