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El primer caso de Quirke y Strafford es la novela negra más ambiciosa del ganador del Premio Príncipe de Asturias, cuyo proyecto declarado es «transformar la novela policiaca en arte»....

Incapaz de guardar reposo pese a sus alucinaciones y desvanecimientos, Quirke regresa al trabajo en la morgue de Dublín. Es a él a quien llaman cuando aparece un cuerpo en el interior de un coche calcinado....

La madrugada en que el cuerpo de Jimmy Minor aparece flotando en las oscuras aguas del canal, ni Quirke ni su hija Phoebe pueden intuir hasta qué punto esa muerte va a remover sus propias vidas....

La quinta entrega de la gran serie de novela negra protagonizada por el doctor Quirke: una maraña de secretos en un universo donde el sexo y el dinero lo pueden todo....

Cuando el magnate de la prensa Richard Jewel aparece muerto en su casa de campo una calurosa mañana de verano, pocos lo lamentan. El doctor Quirke y el inspector Hackett no tardan en darse cuenta de que, lejos de tratarse de un posible suicidio....

Irlanda, años cincuenta. La misma niebla densa y desconcertante que cubre Dublín parece haber ocultado el rastro de la joven April Latimer....

Dublín, años cincuenta. En un depósito de cadáveres, una turbia trama de secretos familiares y organizaciones clandestinas comienza a desvelarse tras el hallazgo de un cuerpo que nunca tendría que haber estado allí....

El maestro irlandés, ganador del Premio Príncipe de Asturias, vuelve a sorprender con una magistral entrega de Quirke....

Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe returns in The Black-Eyed Blonde—also published as Marlowe as by John Banville—the basis for the major motion picture starring Liam Neeson as the iconic detective. "Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling . . . I loved this book. It was like having an old...

When John Glass's billionaire father-in-law hires him to write his biography, he feels he can't refuse. Then his research assistant on the book discovers some very sensitive information about John's in-laws, and is murdered before he can tell anyone what he knows. John is on his own to find out...

Bestselling author Benjamin Black turns his eye to sixteenth century Prague and a story of murder, magic and the dark art of wielding extraordinary power. "...outstandingly read by Simon Vance, whose versatility with voices and intonations brings the cast to life." — Fran Wood, NJ.com...

Quirke returns in the third volume of John Banville’s celebrated series A junior doctor at a local hospital, April Latimer is a scandalous presence in the conservative and highly patriarchal society of 1950s Dublin: the independently-minded scion of a well-connected family, she has decidedly...

One of The Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of 2011 One of Dublin's most powerful men meets a violent end— and an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yet On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell—known to his many enemies as Diamond...

La más pura esencia del mejor Banville y el mejor Black, Premio Príncipe de Asturias, en una oscura novela negra histórica....

Arranca la década de los cincuenta. Philip Marlowe se siente tan inquieto y solo como siempre y el negocio vive sus horas bajas cuando irrumpe en su despacho una nueva clienta: joven, rubia, hermosa y elegante, Clare Cavendish, la rica heredera de un emporio de perfumes....

A suspicious death, a pregnant woman suddenly gone missing: Quirke's latest case leads him inexorably toward the dark machinations of an old foe Perhaps Quirke has been down among the dead too long. Lately the Irish pathologist has suffered hallucinations and blackouts, and he fears the cause is...

When the body of his daughter’s friend is brought to his autopsy table, Quirke is plunged into a world of corruption that takes him to the darkest corners of the Catholic Church, in one of The Wall Street Journal’s “Ten Best Mysteries of the Year.” 1950s Dublin. A battered body...

Quirke finds himself at the center of a deadly intergenerational feud in the latest novel from Booker Prize-winning "literary polymath" (The New York Times) John Banville Two men go sailing off the coast of Ireland. Only one comes back, claiming the other shot himself. But Detective Inspector...

"When you're done binge-watching The Crown, pick up this multifaceted wartime thriller." —Kirkus Reviews As London endures nightly German bombings, Britain’s secret service whisks the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from England, seeking safety for the young royals on an old estate in...

Años cincuenta, Irlanda rural. Un tipo solitario se encuentra con un coche misteriosamente vacío en medio de un campo. Sabe que no debe acercarse, pero es incapaz de evitarlo y pronto se ve envuelto en un inquietante caso de desaparición...