THE DROWNED : A STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY PB – JOHN BANVILLE

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 A brilliant detecting team. IRISH EXAMINER 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