{"product_id":"the-drowned","title":"The Drowned","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe brand new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e. A chilling must-read.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Haunting . . . compelling.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' Rebecca F. Kuang\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'The repressed and sinister world of 1950s Ireland is exposed in beautiful, sometimes chilling prose.' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person's case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCalled in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally - the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke - a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Superb . . . crime fiction for the connoisseur.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Outstanding.' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Exquisite.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Compelling.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Superb to the last drop.' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eOn UK bestseller list w\/e 13\/11\/2021-27\/11\/2021 for Paperback Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45760046694636,"sku":"9780571370825","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571370825.jpg?v=1726986817","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-drowned","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}