Holy Orders
Quirke Mysteries Book 6
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Publisher Description
Holy Orders is the sixth entry in the Quirke Mysteries, an enthralling literary crime series set in 1950s Dublin from John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black. Now major TV series: Quirke, starring Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon.
She looked at him and smiled sadly. ‘You’ve lived too long among the dead, Quirke,’ she said.
He nodded. ‘Yes, I suppose I have.’ She was not the first one to have told him that, and she would not be the last.
When a body is found in the canal, pathologist Quirke and Inspector Hackett are tasked with uncovering the truth behind this brutal murder. But, in a world where the police are not trusted and secrets often remain buried, there is perhaps little hope of bringing the perpetrator to justice. As spring storms descend on Dublin, Quirke and Hackett’s investigation will lead them into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church.
While their investigation proceeds, Quirke’s daughter Phoebe realizes that she is being followed. And for Quirke, as his terrible childhood in a priest-run orphanage returns to haunt him, he must face his greatest trial yet . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Love was love, and always demanded more than a lover was capable of giving." The profound melancholy of that sentiment permeates Black's sixth Quirke novel set in 1950s Ireland (after 2012's Vengeance). The discovery of the badly beaten body of journalist Jimmy Minor, a friend of Quirke's daughter Phoebe, in a Dublin canal presents the pathologist with a highly personal case. Quirke, for whom happiness is one of "those words the meaning of which he could never quite grasp," and his friend on the force, Inspector Hackett, follow a trail that brings them into conflict with the Catholic Church. The solid detecting, as the doctor and the detective try to figure out what story Minor was pursuing that may have led to his death, will keep readers engaged, but the book's power stems from its multifaceted lead. Black is the pen name for Man Booker Prize winner John Banville.
