{"title":"Series: Quirke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gumshoebooks.com\/collections\/author-john-banville\"\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/a\u003e's Quirke series was first published under the pen name Benjamin Black from 2007 - 2016. The volumes are now re-issued by Faber \u0026amp; Faber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuirke is a pathologist working in 1950s Dublin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series continues as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gumshoebooks.com\/collections\/series-strafford-quirke\"\u003eStrafford \u0026amp; Quirke\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"christine-falls-by-john-banville-9780571399574","title":"Christine Falls","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuirke's pathology department, set deep beneath 1950s Dublin, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until, late one evening, he stumbles across a body that should not be there. The investigation he opens uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the city's high Catholic network - a secret with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst book in the Quirke series, originally published under John Banville's pseudonym Benjamin Black, now re-issued by Faber \u0026amp; Faber.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52036537188693,"sku":"004053","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/7462\/6133\/files\/9780571399574_31fadf13-ff72-40b2-9b1a-6a37bb66369c.jpg?v=1765112808"},{"product_id":"the-silver-swan-by-john-banville-9780571400096","title":"The Silver Swan","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1950s Dublin, world-weary pathologist Quirke is reckoning with grief. A woman he loved has died, a man he once admired is dying, and his daughter is still finding it hard to accept him as her father. When an old acquaintance approaches him about his wife's apparent suicide, Quirke recognizes trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut, as always, trouble is something he cannot resist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232938021205,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/7462\/6133\/files\/9780571400096_b9a9e7a2-867e-492f-acc4-5642747f6ad9.jpg?v=1782568686"},{"product_id":"elegy-for-april-by-john-banville-9780571399611","title":"Elegy for April","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman named April is found to have vanished. Flawed pathologist Quirke responds to a request to help find her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking with those who knew her, he begins to realize that there may have been more behind the young woman's secrecy than he could have imagined. When a disturbing discovery is made, the complex web of love, lies, jealousy and dark secrets that April spun her life from finally begins to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232938053973,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/7462\/6133\/files\/9780571399611_c6192f53-d3fc-4b8f-8d60-28cf3f890c4a.jpg?v=1782568694"},{"product_id":"a-death-in-summer-by-john-banville-9780571399598","title":"A Death in Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003eNewspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, a shotgun still in his hands. 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