"Christine Falls"

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• A DEATH IN SUMMER by Benjamin Black

  Review by Guy Savage AUG 25, 2011) Irish author John Banville continues to pick up a number of literary prizes (including the Booker Prize in 2005) for his novels, but he sidelines with the pseudonym Benjamin Black for a series of ‘50s crime novels s ... (read full critics)

  mostlyfiction published on Fri, 26 Aug 2011

• 'A Death in Summer' Warns Us: Stirring Up the Depths Can Be Fatal

  Detective Inspector Hackett finds to his disappointment not a murder, but a seeming suicide, but then not one, “for the corpse was holding the gun in his own hands.” The ensuing narrative shows, again, protagonist and pathologist-turned-amateur inves ... (read full critics)

  popmatters published on Thu, 23 Jun 2011

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  A great read. More than a thriller and no action sequences apart from the occasional beating up that happens in most towns on a Saturday night.

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• English Books
• Paperback 390 Pages
• ISBN-10: 033045143X
• ISBN-13: 9780330451437
• Publisher: Picador
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2006
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 简体书

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