THE SECRET PLACE by Tana French

Finished Tu 7/26/16
 (July, 2016 selection The Contemporary Book Club)

Set in Dublin, Ireland.  Stephen Moran and Antoinette Conway

Part of a series; DUBLIN MURDER SQUAD 5th in the series
p. 28 Four Girls Names "Selena dated Chris Harper"?
Julia- bad reputation Dix Pix
p. 133 Rebecca steals key at nurse's station; This allows the group outside access after hours
Selena- spacy; cut her long blonde hair; like a pixie
p. 141-143  Recap of the girls' interrogation
p.221 The Nun Ghost Story (Various magical aspects of the story didn't make any sense)
p. 227 Chris's sister will be coming to Kilda. I believed Chris's interest in the girls and his concern for his sister. The other characters thought he was just a sleaze; only concerned for himself. I don't know....
Joanne Heffernan had an affair with Chris before Selena
p.349 Julia sexually propositions Chris 'after hours' in The Secret Place

p. 353  WHAT I THINK IS THE NOVEL'S THEME. Friends and mates tie you down to who you are. Limiting...
p. 363 Rebecca at Ronan's (the groundskeeper/drug dealer) shed. Murder implement. Drugs?

QUESTIONS-  What's the deal with TELEKINESIS at various times between the four girls? Was there really a ghost?

Interesting structure. The novel circles around tot he beginning. Holly is revealed to be the one who made and posted the card of Chris's picture (I know who did it) and the last sentence in the book is when she is leaving to see Stephen Moran.

At times I thought that the novel bordered on tedious, and I was really expecting for Conway and Moran to interrogate The Boys. A kind of frustrating read, but I liked it more than slightly than I disliked it.

I very much liked how Moran and Conway evolve in their rather antagonistic relationship and realize that they  'click' in their interrogation techniques.

The real website is called 'ScretPost' by Frank Warren

Selena/Julia/Holly/Rebecca(the killer)

I'm not all that sure as to why Rebecca killed Chris.
For the integrity of the group?
A vow of chastity?

At amazon-
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Place-Novel-Tana-French/dp/0143127519

Author's page at wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tana_French

You Tube interview-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbyghyiRQLA

The title refers to the bill board that the girls can post their secrets. I KNOW WHO DID IT.

PostSecret link-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostSecret