The Drowned - John Banville

Hehad 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 himselfembroiled in a troubling missing person's case, as a husband claims his wifemay have thrown herself into the sea.Calledin from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turnsto his old ally - the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke - a man he islinked to in increasingly... Zobrazit více