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Even the Dead A uirke Novel Summary Ò 5 Benjamin Black Í 5 Free download A suspicious death a pregnant woman suddenly gone missing uirke's latest case leads him inexorably toward the dark machinations of an old foePerhaps uirke has been down among the dead too long Lately the Irish pathologist has suffered hallucinations and blackouts and he fears the cause is a brain tumor A specialist diagnoses an old head injury caused by a savage beating; all that's needed the doctor declares is an extended rest But uirke ever intent on finding his place. I received this book from NetGalley Thank you This is my first Benjamin Black book about the uirky pathologist Dr uirke but it s not going to be the last I so enjoyed this story set in Dublin that I am going to go back and read the earlier ones Benjamin Black is the pseudonym John Banville a truly lyrical author Dublin uickly becomes a character in this novel and I love a book with a strong sense of place uirke is on medical leave when the story opens He is staying with his stepbrother and wife when his assistant encounters an interesting case and seeks advice from him uirke is intrigued and is uickly back at work He works with his police friend Detective Hackett in a case of a frightened woman who is sucked into a scheme for selling Catholic babies to rich Americans Here s the one thing that bothered me so much that I dropped the rating a star I don t know if it was a plot device or a cultural thing but it annoyed me They were looking for a woman who had given them a fake name They knew where she lived and asked the landlord about Lisa Smith The landlord denied knowing her Then instead of asking who lived there they just walk away Why not ask that uestion Then they return days later and search the apartment By then it had cleaned out and there were no clues It just bothered me Why not ask at the beginning I enjoyed the pace of the book and there were some lovely twists I loved Dublin as a character I loved the characters A good mystery that I recommend

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Even the Dead A uirke Novel Summary Ò 5 Benjamin Black Í 5 Free download Among the living is not about to retireOne night during a June heat wave a car crashes into a tree in central Dublin and bursts into flames The police assume the driver's death was either an accident or a suicide but uirke's examination of the body leads him to believe otherwise Then his daughter Phoebe gets a mysterious visit from an acuaintance the woman who admits to being pregnant says she fears for her life though she won't say why When the woman later disappears. This was an enjoyable read with Benjamin Black aka John Banville staying true to form with his lyrical evocative descriptions I have enjoyed some previous titles in the uirke series and the suspenseful dark setting of Dublin in the 1950s continues to intrigue uirke always prone to the melancholy is even emo than usual at the beginning of this novel as he has been prescribed rest for an old head injury causing hallucinations and blackouts yet he is dragged back into a mystery by his daughter The plot unfolds slowly with violence corruption and politics at the core The enjoyment for me is in the characters than the story but I think my pleasure was held back a little but only having read two of the previous novels it felt like there were things I was missing and that things were being wrapped up in general that I wasn t getting the full story for An enjoyable investigation overall but I would recommend having read the previous books to capture the full picture

Even the Dead A uirke Novel Summary Ò 5 Benjamin Black Í 5 Free download Phoebe asks her father for help and uirke in turn seeks the assistance of his old friend Inspector Hackett Before long the two men find themselves untangling a twisted string of events that takes them deep into a shadowy world where one of the city's most powerful men uses the cover of politics and religion to make obscene profits Even the Dead Benjamin Black's seventh novel featuring the endlessly fascinating uirke is a story of surpassing intensity and surprising beau. An ordinary unhappinessThe discordant and downright peculiar Griffinuirke family take what I presume is their final bow Notwithstanding the disparaging comments of the author on the whole crime genre as well as viewing the mediocre television series I confess that I have derived much pleasure from reading this series of novels I have enjoyed the spot on depiction of 1950s Irish society and Dublin in particular a culture that is even today not entirely gone I like the melancholy of the novels the darkness of atmosphere the extremes of privilege and entitlement and poverty and despairAs for plot well the plot of this one is neither better nor worse than the earlier books The usual themes are very much in evidence corrupt and stifling church corrupt and stifling state nasty villains acting on behalf of or established in the seats of power A young civil servant is found dead in his car uirke suspects murder his girlfriend disappears uirke and Hackett and Phoebe investigate the usual suspects raise their heads there is nothing very surprising hereBut for once there are positive outcomes And these lead me to acknowledge an elegiac tone to the novel There is a real air of loose ends being tied up of closure there is a facilitating psychiatrist there for uirke of an end to these proceedings An old villain from previous novels gets his desserts but whether he receives justice is a uestion to exercise the moral consciences of uirke and Hackett for some time to come

• Hardcover
• 287
• Even the Dead A uirke Novel
• Benjamin Black
• en
• 06 March 2020
• 9781627790666