Quirke, a hard-drinking, insatiably curious Dublin pathologist is determined to find his daughter's best friend, a well-connected young doctor. Sober again after intensive treatment for alcoholism, Quirke enlists his old sparring partner, Detective Inspector Hackett, in the search for the missing young woman. Set in Dublin, circa 1950.
- ISBN10 0805090916
- ISBN13 9780805090918
- Publish Date 13 April 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 293
- Language English