The Drowned

THE BRAND NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF

SNOW. A CHILLING MUST-READ. 'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG

'Haunting . . . compelling.'

DAILY MAIL 'Richly atmospheric.'

IRISH INDEPENDENT

'Suspenseful.'

OBSERVER 'A brilliant detecting team.' IRISH EXAMINER He had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.

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.

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. Praise for

Snow:

'Superb . . . crime fiction for the connoisseur.'

The Times

'Outstanding.'

Irish Independent

'Exquisite.'

Daily Mail

'Compelling.'

Sunday Times

'Superb to the last drop.'

Independent On UK bestseller list w/e 13/11/2021-27/11/2021 for Paperback Fiction