The Drowned
A Strafford and Quirke Mystery
by John Banville
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Pub Date 10 Oct 2024 | Archive Date 17 Oct 2024
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Description
He had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.
1950s, rural Ireland. A local loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn’t approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person’s case, as a husband claims his wife has thrown herself into the sea . . .
Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally – the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke – to help solve him the case.
Advance Praise
PRAISE FOR THE STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MYSTERIES:
'The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.' FINANCIAL TIMES
'This is crime fiction for the connoisseur.' THE TIMES
'Peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose.' IRISH INDEPENDENT
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780571370818 |
PRICE | £18.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 352 |
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Featured Reviews
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A shopping list written by John Banville would still be well worth reading. He is such a wonderful mellifluous writer with a gift for story telling and characterisation. This is a return of the ill-suited double act of Strafford and Quirke and the book rejoices in their idiosyncrasies which are a total delight to read.
There is naturally a murder to solve too and it would certainly help if you have read his previous book "The Lock-Up" but I just immersed myself in the richness of his language and was exhilarated by the experience.
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Stafford and Quirke return for a fourth outing in The Drowned, which continues on from the previous novel The Lock-up.. Strafford finds himself investigating the case of a missing woman who could have drowned, he finds himself coming into contact again with Professor Armitage, a strange man whose research assistant was murdered in The Lock-up. Nothing seems right to Strafford and so he decides to speak with Quirke to get his take on the strange situation he finds himself in.
This outstanding series isn't just a crime series, it is a multi layered novel dealing with characters who are multifaceted in their natures. John Banville is a masterful novelist who luckily turned his eye to crime writing and has created a quite exceptional series.