Bibliograph

The lock-up, a novel, John Banville

Type

Label

The lock-up, a novel, John Banville

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The lock-up

Responsibility statement

John Banville

Series statement

St. John Strafford, bk. 4Quirke novel

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"In 1950s Dublin, Rosa Jacobs, a young history scholar, is found dead in her car. Renowned pathologist Dr. Quirke and DI St. John Strafford begin to investigate the death as a murder, but its the victims older sister Molly, an established journalist, who discovers a lead that could crack open the case. One of Rosas friends, it turns out, is from a powerful German family that arrived in Ireland under mysterious circumstances shortly after World War II. But as Quirke and Strafford close in, their personal lives may put the case, and the lives of everyone involved, in peril, including Quirkes own daughter." --, Amazon

Target audience

general

Classification