Quirke: Holy Orders : A Quirke Novel (Series #6) (Paperback)

from vpanzich

Holy Orders is not strictly a mystery and not strictly a piece of fiction. The mystery meanders through the major character's life as a backdrop while the main action concerns what Quirke is experiencing in his head which is beautifully constructed by Banville. The only false note of the novel is...

from noranydrop2read

I don't generally pick up a series so far on--HOLY ORDERS is the sixth Quirke novel--but the premise snagged me, and I'm glad it did. I'll be reading the first five in the series as soon as possible. The series begins with CHRISTINE FALLS. There are plenty of deeply flawed, self-destructive sleut...

from Liz1564

This is an Early Reviewers copy. Thank you. Holy Orders, the newest Quirke novel, is as bleak as the shroud of rain drenching Dublin. A young reporter has been murdered and his naked, beaten body dumped in a canal. When Quirke see the body on the autopsy table he is shocked when he recognizes Jim...

from Carol420

The story had a great beginning...a murder to solve and characters that we had come to trust and like playing their usual roles...but then it all changed. About halfway through the book Quirke's daughter wanders into the story...and not necessarily bringing anything to greatly impact what was alr...

from hairball

I've read the first book in the Quirke series, but not the intervening volumes, so I can't compare against the canon, so to speak. The mystery at the heart of Holy Orders is the least significant part of the book, except for the manner in which it acts as a catalyst for the internal and external ...