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In the latest release (after Elegy for April) from Black (a pen name for John Banville), Detective Inspector Hackett calls his longtime adviser, Quirke, to investigate the shotgun suicide of "Diamond Dick" Jewell, a much-despised newspaper publisher. Quirke, a pathologist with family ties to Dublin's upper class, does not need long to determine that murder is the likely cause of death, although the exact motive remains elusive. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More