![]() ![]() She had been put there about 18 months earlier and nobody was sure how she died. ![]() In 1943, these kids were playing in a woods in England, and found a skull in a hole in a tree-trunk that was part of the skeleton of a young woman. “He sent me a link to the true story of Bella In The Wych Elm. The story was inspired by a true-life tale, brought to her attention by her brother. It is the story of young Dubliner Toby, whose seemingly perfect life unravels when a body is found in a tree on his family property. The Wych Elm is French’s first standalone thriller, following the six instalments of her acclaimed Dublin Murder Squad series. I try to present each throughout the book.” You’ve got witnesses, suspects, victims and perpetrators – the whole process has to look very different from their point of view. “I’d looked at if from a detective’s point of view six times, and I kept thinking about all the other people who are involved in a murder investigation. "I was interested in seeing the whole murder mystery process from another viewpoint,” says crime writer Tana French of her latest novel, The Wych Elm. ![]()
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