Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of fifteen novels, including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. In 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN...

Why would suicide need a witness? On the east coast of Ireland, Victor Delahaye, one of the country's most prominent citizens, takes his business partner's son out sailing. But once at sea, Davy Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye...

An immersive mystery set against the backdrop of the Second World War, authored under the John Banville pseudonym B. W. Black. von Black, Benjamin

'A stunning evocation of mid-century Dublin . . . the literary incarnation of Quirke is going from strength to strength' Independent She looked at him and smiled sadly. 'You've lived too long among the dead, Quirke,' she said.1950s...

The Black-Eyed Blonde von Black, Benjamin

"Propulsive... [Vengeance] will keep you turning pages."-The Los Angeles TimesIt's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea-then kills himself in front of his...

Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath the city, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until late one evening after a party he stumbles across a body that should not be there - and...

The Secret Guests von Black, Benjamin

Now a major TV series: Quirke starring Gabriel Byrne. When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor...

Maybe it was time I forgot about Nico Peterson, and his sister, and the Cahuilla Club, and Clare Cavendish. Clare? The rest would be easy to put out of my mind, but not the black-eyed blonde . . .It is the early 1950s. In Los Angeles,...

"Der Lemur" von Benjamin Black ist ein Kriminalroman, der die Geschichte von John Glass erzählt, einem ehemaligen Journalisten, der in New York lebt. Er wird von seinem reichen Schwiegervater beauftragt, eine Biografie über ihn zu...

Ein fesselnder und spannender Whodunit« Publishers Weekly Die junge Ärztin April ist verschwunden. Ihre Freunde machen sich Sorgen, denn es sieht ihr so gar nicht ähnlich, sich tagelang nicht zu melden. Ist April etwas zugestoßen?Während...