Quirke: Even the Dead : A Quirke Novel (Series #7) (Paperback)

from CFBPete

This is the seventh Dr Quirke story written by Benjamin Black, a pen name of Booker award winner John Banville. I have to admit this is the first Quirke adventure I've read, (I do have Christine Falls, Quirkes first adventure, unread on my bookshelf. That book immediately shoot to the top of my "...

from SamSattler

Even the Dead is the seventh of Benjamin Black's Quirke books, a series that began in 2006 with Christine Falls (published in the U.S. in 2007), the book that first introduced the Dublin pathologist to the world. And, as befits a man whose life is the subject of six previous crime novels, Quirke ...

from mckait

Even the Dead: A Quirke Novel by Benjamin Black is a nice soft British mystery. It is soft in a way only British novels can be. It held my interest, as much due to the likable characters as for the story. There is more than one story, actually. There are several stores interwoven and each depends...

from bfolds

I've read all of the Quirke series, and this one was as consistently enjoyable though noticeably less dark than the others. I recommend for Black/Banville's mastery of dialogue alone, and would suggest starting at the beginning of the series to appreciate the evolution of the cast of characters.

from ozzer

Black's Quirke novels excel in mood, character development, setting and especially the writing. Unlike others in the crime/detective genre, they are more meditative than thrilling. No shots are fired in EVEN THE DEAD; there are few thrilling plot twists; the pace is slow and the plot seems to dri...