{"product_id":"the-lock-up-9781335009180","title":"The Lock-Up","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooker Prize winner and \"Irish master\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e) John Banville's most ambitious crime novel yet brings two detectives together to solve a globe-spanning mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1950s Dublin, Rosa Jacobs, a young history scholar, is found dead in her car. Renowned pathologist Dr. Quirke and DI St. John Strafford begin to investigate the death as a murder, but it's the victim's older sister Molly, an established journalist, who discovers a lead that could crack open the case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Rosa's friends, it turns out, is from a powerful German family that arrived in Ireland under mysterious circumstances shortly after World War II. But as Quirke and Strafford close in, their personal lives may put the case--and everyone involved--in peril, including Quirke's own daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning the mountaintops of Italy, the front lines of World War II Bavaria, the gritty streets of Dublin and other unexpected locales, \u003cem\u003eThe Lock-Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an ambitious and arresting mystery by one of the world's most celebrated authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335009180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413619994805,"sku":"9781335009180","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bd94c33e-4741-4e33-bf96-25b5623ce137.jpg?v=1720537989","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lock-up-9781335009180","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}