The drowned
<p><b>**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**<br><br>'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' <br>REBECCA F. KUANG<br></b><br><b>'The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.'<br>FINANCIAL TIMES<br></b><br>The richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery, from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Snow</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>