02037cam a2200409 i 4500 1727576467 TxAuBib 20241119120000.0 240411s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781335000590 1335000593 (OCoLC)1429282662 TxAuBib rda Banville, John, author. The drowned [HC] / John Banville. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2024. ©2024. 328 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Strafford and Quirke ; 10 First published in Great Britain in 2024 by Faber & Faber Ltd. Previous titles in the Quirke series published under Benjamin Black, a pen name of John Banville. "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 case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea. 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. But as the case unfolds, events from the past resurface that may have life-altering ramifications for all involved"-- Dust jacket flap. 20241119. Quirke (Fictitious character : Black) Fiction. Pathologists Fiction. Police Fiction. Missing persons Investigation Fiction. Ireland History 20th century Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast Historical fiction. fast Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Black, Benjamin, author. Strafford and Quirke ; 10.