April in Spain: A Detective Mystery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781335471406)

Don't miss this page-turner for the mystery lover

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*

Booker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coast

Don't disturb the dead...

On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax, despite the beaches, caf駸 and the company of his disarmingly lovely wife. When he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at Las Acadas bar, it's hard at first to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him.

Because this young woman can't be April Latimer. She was murdered by her brother, years ago--the conclusion to an unspeakable scandal that shook one of Ireland's foremost political dynasties.

Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home to Ireland and soon Detective St. John Strafford is dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one en route. A relentless hit man is on the hunt for his latest prey, and the next victim might be Quirke himself.

Sumptous, propulsive and utterly transporting, April in Spain is the work of a master writer at the top of his game.

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Author: John Banville
ISBN-10: 1335471405
ISBN-13: 9781335471406
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.31w x 1.06d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2021 pg. 14
Publishers Weekly 08/02/2021
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 08/16/2021 pg. 61
Booklist 10/15/2021 pg. 26