The Drowned

<p><b><h2>THE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>SNOW</i>. A CHILLING MUST-READ.</h2><br></b><br><b>‘Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.’ REBECCA F. KUANG<br>'Haunting . . . compelling.' <i>DAILY MAIL<br></i>'Richly atmospheric.' <i>IRISH INDEPENDENT</i><br>'Suspenseful.' <i>OBSERVER</i></b><br><b>'A brilliant detecting team.' </b><i><b>IRISH EXAMINER </b> </i><br><br><i>He had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.</i><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b><u>Praise for <i>Snow</i>:<br></u><br>'Superb . . . crime fiction for the connoisseur.' <i>The Times</i><br>'Outstanding.' <i>Irish Independent</i><br>'Exquisite.'<i> Daily Mail</i><br>'Compelling.' <i>Sunday Times</i><br>'Superb to the last drop.' <i>Independent<br><br></i></b><b>On UK bestseller list w/e 13/11/2021-27/11/2021 for Paperback Fiction<br></b></p>