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The bestselling debut, with over a million copies sold, that launched tana french, author of the witch elm and the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years the washington post. Book description penguin books, united states, 2008. Tana french is the new york times bestselling author of in the woods, the likeness, faithful place, broken harbor, the secret place, the trespasser, and the witch elm. Oct 05, 2018 the witch elm marks frenchs seventh novel over an 11yearperiod.
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