The Lock-up A Novel
The Lock-up A Novel by John Banville is a compelling addition to the literary mystery genre, published by Hanover Square Press in 2023. This edition spans 315 pages and is presented in English. The narrative unfolds in 1950s Dublin, where the death of young history scholar Rosa Jacobs prompts an investigation led by renowned pathologist Dr. Quirke and DI St. John Strafford. As they delve into the case, it becomes clear that the victim’s older sister, journalist Molly, holds a crucial lead that could unravel the mystery surrounding Rosa’s death.
Readers will find a richly woven tale that explores themes of crime and personal peril against a backdrop of historical intrigue. The investigation takes the detectives across various locations, including the mountaintops of Italy and the gritty streets of Dublin, revealing connections to a powerful German family with a shadowy past. The Lock-up presents a complex narrative that intertwines the detectives’ professional and personal lives, highlighting the stakes involved as they seek to uncover the truth.
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Booker Prize winner and “Irish master” (The New Yorker) John Banville’s most ambitious crime novel yet brings two detectives together to solve a globe-spanning mystery
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 it’s the victim’s older sister Molly, an established journalist, who discovers a lead that could crack open the case.
One of Rosa’s 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 everyone involved–in peril, including Quirke’s own daughter.
Spanning the mountaintops of Italy, the front lines of World War II Bavaria, the gritty streets of Dublin and other unexpected locales, The Lock-Up is an ambitious and arresting mystery by one of the world’s most celebrated authors.
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