Vengeance--------pan macmillan
Why would suicide need a witness?
On the east coast of
Ireland, Victor Delahaye, one of the country’s most prominent citizens,
takes his business partner’s son out sailing. But once at sea, Davy
Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye take out a gun and shoot himself
dead.
This strange event captures the attention of Detective
Inspector Hackett and his friend Pathologist Doctor Quirke. The
Delahayes and Clancys have been rivals for generations and the suicide
lays bare the perplexing characters at the heart of the mystery, from
Mona, Delahaye’s toxic young widow, to Jonas and James, his strange,
enigmatic twin sons; and Jack Clancy, his down-trodden, womanizing
partner. And when a second death occurs, one even more shocking than the
first, Quirke begins to realise that terrible secrets lie buried within
these entangled families; and that in this world of jealousy, ruthless
ambition and pride – nothing is quite as it seems . . .
‘[Benjamin Black’s] books about the dour Irish pathologist named Quirke
have effortless flair, with their period-piece cinematic ambience and
their sultry romance. The Black books are more like Alan Furst’s
elegant, doom-infused World War II spy books than like standard crime
tales.’—New York Times