#128 in Crime & mystery
Faithful Place
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Faithful Place” is as much a study of a Dublin family as a crime novel, built around detective Frank Mackey’s return home. Readers praise prose that puts them inside each room, rich in Irish idiom and atmosphere. Some find it bleak, though never gory, and Frank hard to like; others cannot get into the book at all. The “Dublin Murder Squad” novels are only loosely linked.
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About the book
Faithful Place is a 2010 crime novel by Tana French. The book is set in Dublin, featuring undercover detective Frank Mackey, who was a supporting character in French's previous novel, The Likeness. It is the third installment of French's loosely related Dublin Murder Squad series. Each follows a case in the heart of Ireland, with overlapping, complex characters that get involved in cases tied to their pasts.
Reading order · Dublin Murder Squad
Full order & progress →- In the WoodsStart here
7.47.4 / 10 - The Likeness
7.97.9 / 10 - Faithful PlaceThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Broken Harbour
–Not ranked yet - The Secret Place
7.67.6 / 10 - The TrespasserThe Trespasser–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 214 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 14 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 200 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Faithful Place?
It has 448 pages — longer than 63% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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