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Christine Falls
- Author
- John Banville
- Narrator
- Stanley Townsend
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 31 March 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
SNOW
'Absorbing'
The Times
'Gripping'
Scotsman
Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath 1950s Dublin, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until, late one evening, he stumbles across a body that should not be there.
The investigation he opens uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the city's high Catholic network - a secret with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear.
Praise for the Quirke Series:
'A joy to read.'
Sunday Times
'Darkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.'
Daily Telegraph
'Beguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.'
The Times
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Details
- Author
- John Banville
- Narrator
- Stanley Townsend
- Duration
- 11 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9780571400454
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW 'Absorbing' The Times 'Gripping' Scotsman Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath 1950s Dublin, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until, late one evening, he stumbles across a body that should not be there. The investigation he opens uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the city's high Catholic network - a secret with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear. Praise for the Quirke Series: 'A joy to read.' Sunday Times 'Darkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.' Daily Telegraph 'Beguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.' The Times
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