{"product_id":"9781429938297","title":"The Silver Swan (Quirke Series #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inimitable Quirke returns in another spellbinding crime novel, in which a young woman's dubious suicide sets off a new string of hazards and deceptions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years have passed since the events of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, and much has changed for Quirke, the irascible, formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist. His beloved Sarah is dead, his surrogate father lies in a convent hospital paralyzed by a devastating stroke, and Phoebe, Quirke's long-denied daughter, has grown increasingly withdrawn and isolated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith much to regret from his last inquisitive foray, Quirke ought to know better than to let his curiosity get the best of him. Yet when an almost forgotten acquaintance comes to him about his beautiful young wife's apparent suicide, Quirke's \"old itch to cut into the quick of things, to delve into the dark of what was hidden\" is roused again. As he begins to probe further into the shadowy circumstances of Deirdre Hunt's death, he discovers many things that might better have remained hidden, as well as grave danger to those\u003cbr\u003ehe loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunting, masterfully written, and utterly mesmerizing in its nuance, \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Swan \u003c\/i\u003efully lives up to the promise of \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and firmly establishes Benjamin Black (a.k.a. John Banville) among the greatest of crime writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139276161264,"sku":"9781429938297","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429938297_p0.jpg?v=1769902208","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429938297","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}