Jacobs Sisters Lock-Up (Spanish Edition)

John Banville, writing under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, is a maestro, and his prose is an incessant delight, as noted by the esteemed author Martin Amis.

The story begins in 1945, as the war has ended, and some Germans must flee their country. After an exhausting journey, a man arrives at an ancient Franciscan monastery situated before the Dolomites, where he finds refuge and seals a pact.

More than a decade later, Dr. Quirke, a "wounded animal," has moved in with his daughter Phoebe following the tragic death of his wife. When the body of a young Jewish student, Rosa Jacobs, is discovered in a Dublin garage, it appears to be a suicide. However, Quirke and Inspector Strafford, who are partnering on their first case together, suspect foul play, a belief shared by Rosa's sister Molly, a journalist determined to uncover the truth and stir the pathologist's heart.

As the relationship between the two investigators becomes increasingly tense, the mystery deepens when they uncover Rosa's connections to the son of a wealthy German family who relocated to County Wicklow after World War II and have business interests in Israel. Can they piece together the hidden puzzle?

This "superb and gripping" (The Times) novel, described as having "more than a touch of genius," follows Quirke and Strafford as they navigate a globe-spanning mystery. The New York Times Editors' Choice and Booker Prize-winning author John Banville has crafted his most ambitious crime novel yet, seamlessly blending the gritty streets of Dublin, the mountaintops of Italy, the wartime frontlines of Bavaria, and other unexpected locales into a captivating and arresting mystery.

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