The Searcher

A retired Chicago police detective who moves to a small village in the west of Ireland hoping for a quiet retirement, until a young neighbor draws him into investigating a disappearance.

A local teenager from the Reddy family who persuades Cal to investigate the disappearance of an older brother, Brendan, and who Cal takes under his wing.

Trey's older brother, a teenager who has vanished from the village before the novel begins; his disappearance sets Cal's investigation in motion.

Cal's talkative, sharp-eyed neighbor in Ardnakelty, who knows the village's history and its unspoken rules better than anyone.

A fiercely independent widow, Noreen's sister, who keeps the books for a local stable and becomes Cal's closest confidante in the village.