Inhalt: **THE DROWNED - THE CHILLING NEW STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW** 'Deeply atmospheric.' MICK HERRON 'A joy to read.' SUNDAY TIMES 'The ultimate page-turner.' IRISH INDEPENDENT The sumptuous, propulsive, sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, from the Booker Prize winning author. 'He wanted to know who she was, and why he was convinced he had some unremembered connection with her. It was as simple as that. But he knew it wasn't. It wasn't simple at all.' When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with his wife, it's hard, at first, to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him. Could she really be who he thinks she is, and have a connection with a crime that nearly brought ruin to an Irish political dynasty? Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home and Detective St John Strafford is soon dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one on route: as a terrifying hitman hunts down his prey, they are all set for a brutal showdown. Praise for Snow: 'Superb ... crime fiction for the connoisseur.' The Times 'Outstanding.' Irish Independent 'Exquisite.' Daily Mail 'Hypnotic.' Financial Times 'Compelling.' Sunday Times 'Superb to the last drop.' Independent Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-36361-2
Inhalt: Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate a murder at Ballyglass House - the Co. Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.Facing obstruction from all angles, Strafford carries on determinedly in his pursuit of the murderer. However, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets.'A typically elegant country house mystery.' Guardian'A well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose . . . Systematik: Romane Englisch Umfang: 356 Seiten Standort: Romane Englisch Banv ISBN: 978-0-571-36270-7
Inhalt: 'The ultimate page-turner.' Irish Independent 'Like drinking Bollinger when your usual tipple is Babycham.' The Times The Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow and April in Spain returns with Strafford and Quirke's most troubling case yet. 1950s Dublin. in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered - an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play. The victim's sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mystery. With relations between the two men increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle? Praise for the Strafford and Quirke series: 'Crime writing of the finest quality, elegant, distinctive and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail '[The Strafford and Quirke series] promises to elevate the crime novel to new artistic heights.' Financial Times 'John Banville is one of the best novelists in English.' Guardian 'Superb and shocking. . . more than a touch of genius.' The Times **APRIL IN SPAIN AVAILABLE NOW** Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-571-37101-3
Inhalt: Während der Pathologe Quirke, der bereits in den ersten beiden Kriminalromanen von Benjamin Black die Hauptrolle spielte, nach einer Alkohol-Entziehungskur versucht, wieder Fuß zu fassen, macht sich seine Tochter Phoebe große Sorgen: Ihre Freundin April ist plötzlich wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. April würde nie verreisen, ohne Phoebe Bescheid zu sagen, und so bittet sie ihren Vater, sich der Sache anzunehmen. Gemeinsam mit Inspector Hackett nimmt er die Ermittlungen auf. Systematik: Spannung Umfang: 342 S. Standort: Spannung Banv ISBN: 978-3-462-04467-6
Inhalt: Irland in den 1950er-Jahren des vorherigen. Ein reicher Verleger wird erschossen aufgefunden. Pathologe Quirke und Inspektor Hackett ermitteln. Quirke verstrickt sich persönlich in den Fall. Systematik: Spannung Umfang: 269 S. Standort: Spannung Banv ISBN: 978-3-462-04653-3
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