As Strafford and Quirke investigate the supposed suicide of a woman found in a lock-up, suspicions turn to foul play in this unputdownable instalment of Banville's celebrated literary crime series.
Longlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 2024
The Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow and April in Spain returns with Strafford and Quirke's most troubling case yet.
1950s Dublin. The body of a young woman is discovered in a lock-up garage, an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play. The victim's sister returns from London to help the two men, but, with relations between them increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to events from the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle before it's too late?
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571370993
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 291 g
Dimensions: 200 x 128 x 22 mm
Edition: Main
This is the third outing for Strafford and Quirke and their uneasy working relationship continues to be at the forefront of the novel. A woman's body is found in a lock-up garage in Dublin and suicide is said to... More
The Lock Up is a very different crime novel .The story seems to be more about the two central characters Quirke and DI Stafford ,two very boring and uninspiring characters that barely talk to each other than any crime... More
This detective novel is quite interesting, emphasizing the characters rather than the plot. DI Stafford and Dr Quirke, the pathologist, get involved in the suspicious death of a young Jewish woman in a lock-up.... More
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