A Death In Summer Av Benjamin Black

<p><b><i>A Death in Summer</i> is the fourth 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: <i>Quirke</i>, starring Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon.</b><br><br>When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But, before long,&ndash; Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realize that &ndash; rather than the suspected suicide &ndash; &lsquo;Diamond Dick&rsquo; has been murdered.<br><br>Suspicion soon falls on one of Jewell&rsquo;s biggest rivals. But Quirke has his eyes elsewhere. With his assistant Sinclair, he gets to know Jewell's beautiful, enigmatic wife Françoise d&rsquo;Aubigny and his fragile sister Dannie, as well as those who work for the family. And, gradually, it becomes clear that, in this household, everything is not as it seems . . .<br><br><b>A Death in Summer is the fourth Quirke Mystery. Continue the atmospheric, beguiling series with Vengeance.</b></p>