{"product_id":"9780571370818","title":"The Drowned : A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Banville, John \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/10\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571370818,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW. A CHILLING MUST-READ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG'Haunting . . . compelling.' DAILY MAIL'Richly atmospheric.' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Suspenseful.' OBSERVER'The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.' FINANCIAL TIMESHe had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1950s, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Snow:'Superb . . . crime fiction for the connoisseur.' The Times'Outstanding.' Irish Independent'Exquisite.' Daily Mail'Compelling.' Sunday Times'Superb to the last drop.' IndependentOn UK bestseller list w\/e 13\/11\/2021-27\/11\/2021 for Paperback Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53605638996341,"sku":"9780571370818","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571370818.jpg?v=1730408975","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780571370818","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}