A brilliant graphic reimagining of a C19th Russian crime novel with a woman journalist-thief-liar-magician as its sleuth. The author is an accomplished academic and illustrator.
A body is discovered in the grounds of Chernobyl, apparently murdered in the hours before the explosion... The radioactive exclusion zone is a suitably disturbing setting for the pursuit of ... read more
The melancholic pathologist Quirke and the Dublin detective St. John Stafford find themselves at work in a sun-dappled San Sebastián. Previously Banville published the Quirke crime series p... read more