The pleasure of reading The Trespasser has little to do with working out whodunnit.  The basic plot after all is straightforward enough: murdered woman, corrupt detectives trying to frame the obvious suspect, and justice finally served in a nice, tidy resolution.  No, the real fun – if you can call it fun – is seeing Detective Antoinette Conway prevail against the cozy male clique in the squad room determined to see a woman fail.  Tana French is brilliant at office politics and the crushing sexism of the police service.  Who could fail to root for Conway as she tries to outwit her scumbag colleagues, expose corruption, and solve the case all at the same time?  Sure, she’s a little too one dimensional to be completely believable, but who can resist the isolated underdog?