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Sep 21, 2024 1:08 PM

Author:Paul Carson

Inquest

The compelling new novel from the No.1 Irish bestselling author of Betrayal. Perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs, M R Hall and Benjamin Black.

Dr Mike Wilson is a pathologist with a troubled past and a naturally suspicious mind. As the new Dublin city coroner, he is used to investigating violent, unusual or unexplained deaths. But one case worries Mike. A lot.

Patrick Dowling was found hanging in woodland late the previous year. The investigation ended the moment the autopsy result was announced. Suicide. Dowling had been a drug addict with poor life expectancy. Case closed. Then Mike discovers that Dowling’s file was on a previous coroner’s desk. A man who was shot dead by an unknown gunman. Coincidence? Mike doesn’t think so.

But as Mike digs deeper, his life comes under threat. Then he and his family are attacked.

Just how far is he prepared to go to uncover the truth?

Reviews

She is one of the Big Three women detective writers

—— Observer

Begins like a parody of a country house murder. But you soon see that the author means the jokes, and also develops both a tricky mystery and a quite solid argument about crime and its disruption of society. Then she brings it all to a head in a very remarkable conclusion. From the start, Mitchell was outstanding.

—— Glasgow Herald

A crime writer who, in her day, ranked with Christie and Sayers

—— Daily Mail

Extremely well constructed story of murder and detection...Mrs Bradley is the prize piece

—— Daily News

Gladys Mitchell can always be relied upon for a packed and meaty novel, and an intelligent one at that

—— Guardian

Mrs Bradley is full of surprises. Ugly she may be, but dull, never

—— Barry Turner , Daily Mail

Shrewd, intelligent, interesting, and really rather funny

—— Kirsty Hewitt , Nudge

A writer of towering gifts . . . le Carré is one of the great analysts of the contemporary scene, who has a talent to provoke as well as unsettle

—— Independent

John le Carré takes us back to his favourite scenarios: Whitehall, the secret services, the gentleman's clubs, dodgy bankers, corrupt public schoolboys and gruesome American neo-cons . . . revelling once more in that imaginary world of secrets and lies that is le Carré's gift to us

—— Evening Standard

Thrilling, suspenseful . . . Fans will not be disappointed

—— Sunday Express

Utterly convincing characters, a tight plot . . . Wonderful

—— Sunday Mirror

Thrilling

—— Express

Choreographed with unsettling precision

—— Metro

When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carré ... they were a journey into the wider world ... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind

—— Aung San Suu Kyi

Plunges the reader into a modern-day thriller...Dad won't be able to put it down

—— Metro

[It] has all the essential ingredients of his masterpieces: the dilemmas of duty, patriotism and decency

—— Simon Sebag Montefiore , Metro 'Books of the Year'

John Le Carré at his masterful best . . . nobody does it better

—— Ben Macintyre , The Times 'Books of the Year'

Widely hailed as a return to the good old Smiley days . . . le Carré writes with laconic elegance

—— Kate Saunders , The Times 'Books of the Year'

I found myself wondering if Boyd had outdone Fleming.

—— Nicholas Lezard , Guardian

[Boyd is] an ideal writer of James Bond novels, and this one, his first, is very good

—— William Leith , Evening Standard

Perfectly judged homage

—— Mail on Sunday

A brand new James Bond adventure combining all the glamour and excitement of Fleming’s original novels with the masterful storytelling of William Boyd

—— Western Morning News

A very good piece of literary ventriloquism, with a great baddie

—— Heathrow Express

Fleming’s James Bond lives again in this perfectly judged homage

—— Mail on Sunday
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