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Vengeance

Vengeance

Benjamin Black

9780330545839

MANTLE


Fiction & Literature; Crime & mystery

Paperback

326 pages

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<p>In Vengeance, a bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as Benjamin Black reveals a world where money and sex trump everything.<p>It's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea. With him is his partner's son--who becomes the sole witness when Delahaye produces a pistol, points it at his own chest, and fires.<p>This mysterious death immediately engages the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett, who in turn calls upon the services of his sometime partner Quirke, consultant pathologist at the Hospital of the Holy Family. The stakes are high: Delahaye's prominence in business circles means that Hackett and Quirke must proceed very carefully. Among others, they interview Mona Delahaye, the dead man's young and very beautiful wife; James and Jonas Delahaye, his identical twin sons; and Jack Clancy, his ambitious, womanizing partner. But then a second death occurs, this one even more shocking than the first, and quickly it becomes apparent that a terrible secret threatens to destroy the lives and reputations of several members of Dublin's elite.<p>Why did Victor Delahaye kill himself, and who is intent upon wreaking vengeance on so many of those who knew him?

By:   Benjamin Black
Imprint:   MANTLE
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Open market ed
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 135mm
ISBN:  

9780330545839


ISBN 10:   0330545833
Series:   #5 Quirke
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   September 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, most recently the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for The Sea. He lives in Dublin. Also available from Benjamin Black: Christine Falls, The Silver Swan, Elegy for April, A Death in Summer

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