The Drowned - A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery

THE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW. A CHILLING MUST-READ.

-Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.- REBECCA F. KUANG
''Haunting . . . compelling.'' DAILY MAIL
''Richly atmospheric.'' IRISH INDEPENDENT
''Suspenseful.'' OBSERVER
''A brilliant detecting team.'' IRISH EXAMINER

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.