Publication Date: 10/10/2024 ISBN: 9780571370818 Category:

The Drowned

John Banville

Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 10/10/2024 ISBN: 9780571370818 Category:
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THE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW. A CHILLING MUST-READ.

‘Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.’ REBECCA F. KUANG
‘Haunting . . . compelling.’ DAILY MAIL
‘Richly atmospheric.’ IRISH INDEPENDENT
‘Suspenseful.’ OBSERVER

‘The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.’ FINANCIAL TIMES

He had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.

1950s, rural Ireland. A 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 may have 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 – a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.

Praise for Snow:

‘Superb . . . crime fiction for the connoisseur.’ The Times
‘Outstanding.’ Irish Independent
‘Exquisite.’ Daily Mail
‘Compelling.’ Sunday Times
‘Superb to the last drop.’ Independent

On UK bestseller list w/e 13/11/2021-27/11/2021 for Paperback Fiction

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