![]() ![]() I didn’t know whether to be flattered or disturbed – but he was right!”įrench found the writing process both scary and liberating. Graffiti has appeared at intervals around the area saying Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? He sent me this with a note that said, ‘This sounds like a Tana French novel’. 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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