The Lock-Up - A Strafford and Quirke Mystery (Paperback, Export - Airside ed)

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW 'Banville writes dangerous and clear-running prose and has a grim gift of seeing people's souls.' DON DELILLO 'Crime writing of the finest quality, elegant, distinctive and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail 'John Banville is one of the best novelists in English.' Guardian '[The Strafford and Quirke series] promises to elevate the crime novel to new artistic heights.' Financial Times The Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow and April in Spain returns with Strafford and Quirke's most troubling case yet. 1950s Dublin, in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered, an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play. The victim's sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mystery. With relations between the two men increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle?

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2023
Authors:	John Banville
Dimensions:	233 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	341
Edition:	Export - Airside ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-37098-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > General Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > Second World War fiction
LSN:	0-571-37098-5
Barcode:	9780571370986

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