I’m picturing Emily Blunt as Susanna, Charlie Hunnam as Toby and Tom Hiddleston as Leon.The Witch Elm: A Novel by Tana French has been named the Best Book of the Fall by Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, and Parade, a crime novel that is gripping, ingeniously plotted, and engaging readers to its very minutest detail. Below see the decsription of Toby – thick straight blonde hair, very blue eyes and an open boyish face. Now for a bit of fun! The character desciptions were detailed enough that we had our own mental images and tried to imagine a cast to play them if this were a movie. I can’t say that about any other writers with the exception of Jane Harper and Robert Galbraith. Tana French is an excellent author and I will preorder any book she’s about to have published. There was an incident with a detective and Toby near the end that didn’t ring true with me. ” That sort of natural banter that makes the scene so real. “ Stop picking through, other people like cashews too, and besides it’s disgusting. The small trivial parts of a conversation such as Susanna ragging on Leon for picking through a bowl of nuts. I felt like I was in the shadows witnessing these conversations between the cousins Toby, Susanna and Leon and those with Hugo. A place Toby and his cousins Leon and Susanna spent summers growing up and having parties.Īs always Tana French’s writing style has you fully involved. Incidentally, Ivy House is the ancesteral home of Toby’s grandparents and now Hugo, a gathering place for all family members to visit and have Sunday lunch.

At some point during a family visit a human skull is discovered in the 200 year old Witch elm in the garden.Īll of the above is known from the book jacket. Hugo has his own medical issues so its an ideal situation for both parties.

He decides to spend time at Ivy House with his uncle Hugo as he recovers and also to help his uncle. One evening he is awakened during a home invasion and is viciously assaulted, leaving him with devasting injuries. It was already established one of our main characters, Toby Hennessey, was a successful handsome man who came from a good family and always seemed to be….lucky. I do wish the book description hadn’t given away so much of the story ahead of time. It was enjoyable keeping the same pace and discussing the plot.Īs with any Tana French mystery the writing was excellent. We ordered a few books from Thift Books and set to reading The Witch Elm together. With my husband and I staying in so much these days we decided to have our own book club. Admittedly it was my frame of mind as I had been hoping Tana would continue with the Dublin Murder Squad. This is the second time I picked up Witcn Elm as I didn’t get very far into the story the first go round.

Tana french the witch elm summary