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Quirke Mystery Series

You Know We Appreciate a Good Quirke

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

November 21, 2013

On the list of stuff we want to see, let’s put Quirke, a new BBC series based on the novels of John Banville writing as Benjamin Black. Set in the 1950s, the series stars Gabriel Byrne as Quirke (no first name necessary), chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue. The cast includes Stanley Townsend (you’ve…

Holy Orders, a Quirke novel by Benjamin Black

Fresh Meat: Holy Orders by Benjamin Black

By Terrie Farley Moran

August 16, 2013

Holy Orders by Benjamin Black is the sixth novel featuring Dublin's pathologist Quirke in mid-century Ireland (available August 20, 2013). No one even pretends that it’s a secret. Irish mystery writer Benjamin Black is the pen name of multi-award winning literary writer, John Banville. While Banville is highly acclaimed for his literary work and won…

Elegy for April Audiobook by Benjamin Black

Benjamin Black’s Elegy for April: Listening to a Good Mystery

By Terrie Farley Moran

June 2, 2011

I haven’t had a lot of experience listening to audiobooks. For the occasional long drive, I have a stash of cassettes (old car) containing short stories and novellas. I like to listen to them because they are, well, short.  Generally, so is my attention span. Recently, I had the opportunity to listen to Elegy for…

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