Quirke #04: A Death in Summer

Quirke #04: A Death in Summer
Benjamin Black
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Paperback
h197 x 130mm - 311pg
7 Jun 2012 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780330509152
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This is the new Quirke Dublin mystery from John Banville writing as Benjamin Black. 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. Jewell had made many enemies over the years and suspicion soon falls on one of his biggest rivals. But as Quirke and his assistant Sinclair get to know Jewell's beautiful, enigmatic wife Francoise d'Aubigny, and his fragile sister Dannie, as well as those who work for the family, it gradually becomes clear that all is not as it seems. As Quirke's investigations return him to the notorious orphanage of St Christopher's, where he once resided, events begin to take a much darker turn. Quirke finds himself reunited with an old enemy and Sinclair receives sinister threats. But what have the shadowy benefactors of St Christopher's to do with it all? Against the backdrop of 1950's Dublin, Benjamin Black conjures another atmospheric, beguiling mystery.

Quirke #01: Christine Falls - (not currently available)
Quirke #02: Silver Swan, The - (not currently available)
Quirke #03: Elegy for April - (not currently available)
Quirke #04: A Death in Summer
Quirke #05: Vengeance - (not currently available)
Quirke #06: Holy Orders - (not currently available)
Quirke #07: Even the Dead - (not currently available)
#08: April in Spain

Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, most recently the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for The Sea. He lives in Dublin. Also available from Benjamin Black: Christine Falls, The Silver Swan, Elegy for April
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ISBN-13: 9780330509152
Published: 7 Jun 2012
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Pages: 311
Dewey: 823.92

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