Quirke is a pathologist and has a good life. During a party he discovers his brother-in-law changing a file to cover up the cause of a corpse's death. This story reaches into the echelons of upper class Dublin and Boston. Set in 1950's Ireland this wasn't quite clear until a bit into the story ...
Wow, how terrible this was. I have read other books in the Quirke series and enjoyed them. Probably because they had a plot. Even the character development in the series goes backwards with this one. Nothing happens in this book, and the loose mystery serves no purpose. None of the characters a...
Dedication - To Ed VictorIt was not the dead that seemed to Quirke uncanny but the living.Opening - She was glad it was the evening mailboat she was taking, for she did not think she could have faced a morning departure.Seeing as my other St. Patrick's Day read did not pan out so well, I am having a...
This review may (or may not) contain spoilers.Richard Jewell, a newspaper magnate, is found in his study with his face blown of. Although at first it appears to be a straightforward case of suicide, neither Quirke nor Inspector Hackett is convinced and the two men proceed on an investigation. At fir...
This was my first Benjamin Black book and I agree with others that there really wasn't much of a plot in this one but I did enjoy the main characters, mainly Quirk.
No. 3 Quirke MysteryThese are dark stories, set in Dublin in the 1950's. Every character in the book seems troubled and happiness seems a illusion in this world.Phoebe, Quirke's daughter is worried about April, a friend of hers who's gone missing. When she askes Quirke, who has just signed himself o...
I simply did not like the character of the main character in this book. I didn't find him to be in the least likable, and that's unfortunate. The story may have been quite interesting, but the main character completely turned me off to the book and to the others in this series.
I thought this storyline could have been written alot more interesting than it was. I found myself bored with and frequently distracted while reading the story.
aka John BanvilleUnabridged. Read by Timothy Dalton - whee! Would have been a 4* except for the drawn out fill-in-the-gaps ending.My first B.B. but I do have the Silver Swan in archives.
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