Synopses & Reviews
Local benefactress and celebrated biographer Mary-Jo Stanton is a supplicant to death -- left lifeless on her knees in a patch of daffodils, a barbaric religious implement wrapped tightly around her neck. A clergyman has approached Peter McGarr, requesting that the Chief Superintendent quietly investigate this outrage that occurred at Barbastro, the slain grand lady's compoundlike Dublin estate. Murder is McGarr's business, but this one might be his undoing, as it draws him ever-closer to Opus Dei. A secret order of religious zealots devoted to enforcing the Lord's edicts no matter what the cost in money -- or human life -- it has ensnared the dedicated policeman in its lethal web. And now its madness is reaching out across a century to touch the place Peter McGarr is most vulnerable: the precious heart of his own adored family.
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"Superb plotting and riveting background. . .Gill brings a bracing, biting intelligence to the police procedural." Booklist (boxed)
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"A not-to-be-missed addition to a not-to-be-missed series." Publishers Weekly (*Starred Review*)
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"Bartholomew Gill writes with literary grace. [His] dialogue sings with an Irish lilt." The Washington Post
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"Sinister....Witty and literate...Police detective [McGarr] gives soul to this series." New York Times Book Review
Synopsis
Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr of the Dublin Police is enjoying a spring evening when he s called to a murder scene by a neighborhood priest. The victim is a celebrated biographer, brutally killed with a curious religious object. With obstacles continually thwarting his investigation, McGarr slowly pieces together a puzzle involving a clandestine Catholic organization named Opus Dei God s Work. But as the detective comes ever closer to exposing the forces behind this dangerous group, he encounters a deadly threat that could destroy those he loves.
Synopsis
When Dublin benefactress and celebrated biographer Mary-Jo Stanton is murdered, Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr is plunged into the secret world of the Opus Dei. A secret order of religious zealots devoted to enforcing the Lord's edicts no matter what the cost ensnares the dedicated policeman in its web--and reaches out to touch the precious heart of Peter's adored family.
About the Author
Bartholomew Gill authored 15 Peter McGarr mysteries, among them The Death of an Irish Lover, The Death of an Irish Tinker, and the Edgar Award nominee The Death of a Joyce Scholar. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Gill wrote as Mark McGarrity for the Star-Ledger. He died in 2002.