The Lock-Up - A Strafford and Quirke Mystery

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? The Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow and April in Spain returns with Strafford and Quirke''s most troubling case yet.

About the author

JOHN BANVILLE was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many novels, including The Book of Evidence, the 2005 Booker Prize-winning The Sea, and, more recently, the bestselling Strafford and Quirke crime series, which has twice been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger.

Report

As much a study of two troubled men as a cunning murder mystery. It is full of grief, rage, pain and horror ... Reading [Banville] is like drinking Bollinger when your usual tipple is Babycham.' The Times, 'Book of the Month'

Product details

• Authors: John Banville
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2023
• EAN: 9780571370986
• ISBN: 978-0-571-37098-6
• No. of pages: 341
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Strafford and Quirke Mystery; Strafford and Quirke
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Historical mysteries, Crime & mystery, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries