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It has been two years since the events of Christine Falls, the bestselling novel that introduced the world to an irascible Dublin pathologist named Quirke. Quirke's beloved Sarah has died, his surrogate father lies paralyzed by a stroke, and he's been sober for half a year. When a near-forgotten acquaintance asks him to cover up his beautiful young wife's apparent suicide, Quirke knows he should stay clear, for the sake of his sobriety and his...

The hero of Christine Falls, Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgue to find his brother-in-law tampering with the records on a young woman's corpse. The next morning, when his hangover has worn off, Quirke reluctantly begins looking into the woman's history. He discovers a plot that spans two continents, implicates the Catholic Church, and may just involv...

The New York Times Bestselling Author of Christine FallsApril Latimer, a junior doctor at a local hospital, is something of a scandal in the conservative and highly patriarchal society of 1950s Dublin. She's known for being independent, and her taste in men is decidedly unconventional. Now April has vanished, and her friend Phoebe Griffin suspects the worst. Phoebe seeks out Quirke, her brilliant but erratic father, and asks him for help. Sobe...

One of The Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of 2011.One of Dublin's most powerful men meets a violent end-and an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yet.On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell-known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick-is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in...

Propulsive... [Vengeance] will keep you turning pages."-The Los Angeles TimesIt's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea-then kills himself in front of his partner's son. This mysterious death immediately engages the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett and his sometime partner, Quirke, consultant pathologist. The stakes are high, and Hackett and Quirke must p...

SOMEWHERE RAYMOND CHANDLER IS SMILING . . . I LOVED THIS BOOK. IT WAS LIKE HAVING AN OLD FRIEND, ONE YOU ASSUMED WAS DEAD, WALK INTO THE ROOM."-Stephen King"It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving." So begins a new novel featuring Philip Marlowe-yes, that Philip Marlowe. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean ...

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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 believes otherwise. Then his daughter Phoebe gets a mysterious visit from an acquaintance, who later disappears. Phoebe asks her father for help,...

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Originally published: New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2017.

El suicidio de la esposa de un viejo amigo de Quirke arrastra al forense a un mundo crepuscular de adicción a las drogas, obsesiones sexuales, chantaje y asesinato.

The second captivating Quirke Dublin mystery

»Man erliegt dem zwielichtigen Charme Nachkriegs-Dublins und riecht förmlich den Zigarettenrauch und das irische Bier.« Times Literary Supplement Der unnachahmliche Quirke kehrt zurück - in einem neuen Roman von John Banville alias Benjamin Black, in dem der Pathologe durch einen dubiosen Selbstmord in einen Strudel von Gefahren und Täuschungen gerät.»Von einer Qualität, die in diesem Genre selten ist.« The HeraldDublin, 50er Jahre. Als Billy ...

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Dublín, años cincuenta. En un depósito de cadáveres, una turbia trama de secretos familiares y organizaciones clandestinas comienza a desvelarse tras el hallazgo de un cuerpo que nunca tendría que haber estado allí. Una oscura conspiración que abarca ambos lados del Atlántico y que acaba envolviendo en un siniestro abrazo, inesperadamente, la vida de todos los protagonistas. Lo mejor de un extraordinario escritor, John Banville, entre la nieb...

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