The drowned1950s, 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. Called 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

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This is the extraordinary story - moving

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the kindness of strangers and the inspiring efforts of those fighting heroically for nature

where she and her parents find that the roads of New York City are not paved with gold

in death as in life

And those you thought would help - the police

city of rich and poor

Rikke is deceiving them both

Detail by detail their diaries record a world in which thought leads to action and action brings them to the sea

a whole new bunch of tough questions need answering