{"product_id":"a-death-in-summer-9781250421258","title":"A Death in Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful man's suspicious suicide has Dublin on a boil in the fourth Quirke volume, named one of the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Reads of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell--known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick--is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has an unusual level of access to Dublin's elite. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJewell's coolly elegant French wife, Françoise, seems less than shocked by her husband's death. But Dannie, Jewell's high-strung sister, is devastated, and Quirke is surprised to learn that in her grief she has turned to an unexpected friend: David Sinclair, Quirke's ambitious assistant in the pathology lab at the Hospital of the Holy Family. To complicate things further, an unlikely romance has begun to blossom between Sinclair and Quirke's fractious daughter Phoebe. As a record heat wave envelops the city and the secrets underlying Diamond Dick's empire come to light, Quirke and Hackett find themselves caught up in a dark maze of intrigue and violence that threatens to end in disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTightly plotted and gorgeously written, \u003ci\u003eA Death in Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is John Banville at his thrilling best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the DI Quirke mysteries. In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature, and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain's most important literary prize. He lives in Dublin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661452968210,"sku":"9781250421258","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b79d768-93fe-48d7-90dd-2a3d6c3d1823.jpg?v=1760443912","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-death-in-summer-9781250421258","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}