Holy Orders - Quirke, Bk 6 Author:Benjamin Black When the body of his daughter's friend is brought to his autopsy table, Quirke is plunged into a world of corruption that takes him to the darkest corners of the Irish Church and State. — "At first they thought it was the body of a child. Later, when they got it out of the water and saw the pubic hair and the nicotine st... more »ains on the fingers, they realized their mistake."
So begins Holy Orders, the latest Quirke case set in Dublin at a moment when newspapers are censored, social conventions are strictly defined, and appalling crimes are hushed up. Why? Because in 1950s Ireland the Catholic Church controls the lives of nearly everyone. But when Quirke's daughter Phoebe loses her close friend Jimmy Minor to murder, Quirke can no longer play by the Church's rules. Along with Inspector Hackett, his sometime partner, Quirke investigates Jimmy's death and learns just how far the Church and its supporters will go to protect their own interests.« less
Not much happens in this book, but it's full of delicious brooding and characters who don't quite know why they do what they do. I love Benjamin Black's rich, evocative, atmospheric, suggestive writing style. On to Quirk #7 now!