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The Drowned

(2024)
(The fourth book in the Strafford and Quirke Mystery series)
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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
'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


Genre: Historical Mystery

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