The Searcher

A book about a retired Chicago cop searching for meaning in his life by moving to a tiny, insular area of Ireland. He gets involved in the case of a disappearance of a local young man after a kid in the area asks for his help in finding the missing man. I love the descriptions of the area and customs and mostly enjoyed the book. The plot and characterizations followed a somewhat predictable pattern of a big strong man from America bringing his gun into a mostly unless society and saving the day and being the only one around who knows right from wrong.