April in Spain
John Banville

The sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger

'Superb.'The Times
'Utterly absorbing.'Daily Mail
'A joy to read.'Sunday Times
'The ultimate page-turner.'Irish Independent

On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax. And when he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at the bar Las Arcadas, a woman who was meant to have died in a political scandal back in Ireland years earlier, any chance of a peaceful holiday is lost.

After a call home, Detective St John Strafford is dispatched to Spain, but he's not the only one on route: as a terrifying hitman hunts down his prey, they are all set for a brutal showdown.