The first in a compelling new crime series from Booker Prize-winning author John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black
Quirke Reeks
Deze serie duikt in de duistere geheimen van het naoorlogse Dublin, waar een charismatische patholoog verontrustende samenzweringen ontrafelt. Elke zaak trekt hem dieper de morele decadentie van de samenleving in en de duistere krochten van zijn eigen familiegeschiedenis. Het volgen van ingewikkelde onderzoeken met een onverschrokken protagonist biedt een meeslepende verkenning van de menselijke natuur en verborgen kwaadaardigheid.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
Quirke Mysteries - 2: The Silver Swan
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Time has moved on for Quirke, the world-weary Dublin pathologist first encountered in Christine Falls. It is the middle of the 1950s, and a woman he loved has died. When Billy Hunt, an acquaintance from college days, approaches him about his wife's apparent suicide, Quirke recognises trouble but, as always, trouble is something he cannot resist.
Elegy for April
- 320bladzijden
- 12 uur lezen
Quirke, the hard-drinking, insatiably curious Dublin pathologist, is back, and he's determined to find his daughter's best friend. Both an absorbing crime novel and a brilliant portrait of the difficult love between a father and daughter, this is Black at his sparkling best.
A Death in Summer
- 311bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
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.
Vengeance
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- 12 uur lezen
Why would suicide need a witness? On the east coast of Ireland. Victor Delahaye. one of the country's most prominent citizens. takes his business partner's son out sailing. But once at sea. Davy Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye take out a gun and shoot himself dead. This strange event captures the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett and his friend Pathologist Doctor Quirke. The Delahayes and Clancys have been rivals for generations and the suicide lays bare the perplexing characters at the heart of the mystery. from Mona. Delahaye's toxic young widow. to Jonas and James. his strange. enigmatic twin sons; and Jack Clancy. his down-trodden. womanizing partner. And when a second death occurs. one even more shocking than the first. Quirke begins to realise that terrible secrets lie buried.
She looked at him and smiled sadly. 'You've lived too long among the dead, Quirke,' she said. He nodded. 'Yes, I suppose I have.' She was not the first one to have told him that, and she would not be the last. 1950s Dublin. When a body is found in the canal, pathologist Quirke and his detective friend Inspector Hackett must find the truth behind this brutal murder. But in a world where the police are not trusted and secrets often remain buried there is perhaps little hope of bringing the perpetrator to justice. As spring storms descend on Dublin, Quirke and Hackett's investigation will lead them into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church. Meanwhile Quirke's daughter Phoebe realises she is being followed; and when Quirke's terrible childhood in a priest-run orphanage returns to haunt him, he will face his greatest trial yet . . .
Even the Dead
- 261bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
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 something doesn't add up. The victim has a suspicious head wound, and the only witness has vanished, every trace of her wiped away. On the trail of the missing woman, Quirke finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of Dublin's elite - secret societies, High Church politics and corrupt politicians. It leads him to a long-buried conspiracy that involves his own family. But it's too late to go back now... THE DEAD WILL BE HEARD 'Fresh and original' Guardian 'Quirke is human enough to swell the hardest of hearts' GQ 'A beach read for the brainy' LA Times 'Superb' Irish Times 'Beautifully written' Literary review 'Ravishing prose' Independent
