The Drowned: A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery

´Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.´ REBECCA F. KUANG ´The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.´ FINANCIAL TIMES The richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow. 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