Claire B. (clairebelle) reviewed on 7/21/2014 + 63 more book reviews

This series of mysteries by Benjamin Black about a pathologist in Dublin, in 1950s is a great read. Quirke, the pathologist struggles with drinking and trying to build a family relationship with his daughter. He is A very likeable guy who is curious and wants to find the solutions to the murders. In this story, an old school mate asks him not to do a post mortem on his dead wife and Quirke agrees but sees something suspicious so does one anyway and things start snowballing. It is a great picture of Dublin during this time period. You can just picture and feel along with Quirke what he is feeling, what the weather is like, etc.

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