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A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime and Thrillers
When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realise that, rather than the suspected suicide, 'Diamond Dick' has in fact been murdered. Jew ...Show more
A Death in Summer (Quirke Book 4) by Benjamin Black
Category: Fiction | Series: Quirke Mysteries Ser.
When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realise that, rather than the suspected suicide, 'Diamond Dick' has in fact been murdered. Sus ...Show more
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Quirke Dubin Mysteries
Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath the city, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until late one evening after a party he stumbles across a body that should not be there -- and his brother-in-law falsifying the corpse's cause of death. This is t ...Show more
Christine Falls (Quirke #1) by Benjamin Black (aka John Banville)
Category: Fiction | Series: Quirke Ser.
A compelling new crime series from the pen of Booker Prize winner John Banville. In the Pathology Department it was always night. This was one of the things Quirke liked about his job... it was restful, cosy, one might almost say, down in these depths nearly two floors beneath the city's busy pavements. ...Show more
Christine Falls: Quirke Mysteries Book 1 (TV Tie-in) by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Quirke Mysteries
Now a major TV series: Quirke starring Gabriel Byrne and written by Andrew Davies. Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath the city, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until late one evening after a party he stumbles across a body that should not b ...Show more
Elegy For April by BLACK Benjamin
Category: Crime and Thrillers
It's 1950's Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have vanished. When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news of her friend; Quirke, fresh from drying out in an institution, responds to his daughter's request for help. B ...Show more
Elegy for April (Quirke Book 3) by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Quirke Mysteries
1950's Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have vanished. When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news of her friend; Quirke, fresh from drying out in an institution, responds to his daughter's request for help. But as ...Show more
Elegy for April: Quirke Mysteries Book 3 by Benjamin Black
Category: Fiction | Series: Quirke Mysteries
Now a major TV series: Quirke starring Gabriel Byrne and Colin Morgan and written by Conor McPherson 1950s Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have vanished. When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news of her friend; ...Show more
Even the Dead: A Quirke Mystery by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Two victims - one dead, one missing. Even the Dead is a visceral, gritty and cinematic thriller from Benjamin Black. Every web has a spider sitting at the centre of it. Pathologist Quirke is back working in the city morgue, watching over Dublin's dead. When a body is found in a burnt-out car, Quirke is ...Show more
Even the Dead: A Quirke Mystery by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime and Thrillers
NO CRIME IS EVER TRULY BURIED...Visceral, gritty and cinematic, Even the Dead is the latest stylish thriller from John Banville's crime-writing alter ego, Benjamin Black. Pathologist Quirke works in the city morgue, watching over Dublin's dead. The latest to join their ghostly ranks is a suicide. But so ...Show more
Even the Dead - A Quirke Novel by Benjamin Black
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Quirke Ser.
Even the Dead---Benjamin Black's seventh novel featuring the endlessly fascinating Quirke---is a story of surpassing intensity and surprising beauty. A car crashes into a tree in central Dublin and bursts into flames. The police assume the driver's death was either an accident or a suicide, but Quirke ...Show more