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The Lock Up by John Banville: Episode 8

The Lock Up by John Banville

Episode 8

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Quirke panics when he receives some disturbing news.

At the Pathology Lab, Quirke receives a phone call from his daughter with distressing news.

1950s Dublin. in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered – an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play.

The victim’s sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mystery. With relations between the two men increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle?

John Banville is one of Ireland’s most prolific writers. He has written 17 novels and has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He lives in Dublin.

Author: John Banville
Reader: Gerry O’ Brien
Abridger: Neville Teller
Producer: Gemma McMullan
Executive Editor: Andy Martin

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1950s Dublin. The body of a woman is discovered in a lock-up garage - an apparent suicide.

1950s Dublin. The body of a young woman is discovered in a lock-up garage - an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play.

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