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Death In Dublin (Peter McGarr Mysteries)
by: Bartholomew Gill

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060008505
ISBN: 0060008504
Label: Harper Collins
Manufacturer: Harper Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: January 01, 2003
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Sales Rank: 567459
Studio: Harper Collins

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The theft of the Book of Kells -- an exquisite ninth-century amalgam of Christian doctrine and Celtic legend -- from the Trinity College library is, in itself, a most shocking crime. But it is the brutal slaying of a night watchman that throws Peter McGarr of the Dublin Murder Squad into the mix. Forced to share investigative duties equally with a publicity-hungry co-Chief Superintendent, McGarr is soon entangled in a twisted web of murder, thievery, back-biting politics, and dark pagan rituals. And surely more blood will flow as secrets, deceptions, and well-guarded lies come to light -- forcing an intrepid detective to doubt the loyalties of even his closest compatriots -- in a chilling case that threatens to bring about nothing less than the destruction of contemporary Irish society.

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- I wasn't that impressed
First Sentence: Peter McGarr stepped out of the laneway into Dame Street, at the end of which stood the granite eminence of Trinity College about a quarter mile distant.

Peter McGarr may have seniority, but he is pushed into a secondary role, and then suspended, during the investigation of the theft of the Book of Kells and two other priceless books, as well as the vicious murder of the night watchman.

I have a real problem with male protagonists who start out by saying how devastated the still are at the loss of their lover/wife, and how long it's been since they've been intimate with a woman, and then promptly leap into bed with someone or, in this case, two someones. It starts the whole thing off on such a false, insincere note for me. That aside, I loved the setting and learning more about Dublin, Trinity College and the Book of Kells. The villains were fairly obvious and there ... Read More

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- Good book
I thought this was one of his best McGarr series books. I could not stop reading it.

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- Don't let this be your introduction to Bartholomew Gill
This is not a bad book, and I only give it a half hearted review because I bought it believing I would get more of a historical thriller instead of detective novel. I know, my fault. The other thing is that even if I had loved the content so much of McGarr's past was given away in this book that I have no need to get the other books since I know their endings already. Overall not a bad book, but I thought the character of Orla Bannon was wasted. She was the best part for me and seemed underutilized, and I did not like the way she was portrayed just before the final act...., you will see what I mean when you read it. As I said, if you like a good detective romp get an earlier McGarr book (good writing, but somewhat dark wit), since you will have the answers to those revealed to you in this one.

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- Images are aids to understanding
Everyone has an inner voice, the voice of God. McGarr's wife Noreen had been murdered two years earlier. There was a theft at Trinity library of two volumes of the Book of Kells. The guard, Sloane, was killed. He had died with a sap in his hand. Raymond Sloane's son had a nose ring. Raymond had had a drug problem. In the end he had given his wife some money to cover having gone into their savings for old age. A bar owner recalls a meeting the deceased had with two people.

McGarr is superseded in the investigation by an officer of the Garda, a Trinity graduate, known as the communicator. This causes McGarr to mobilize his people to work all the harder. McGarr realizes that in one way he has been freed. He does not have to make himself available to the press. McGarr becomes involved with Kara Kennedy the assistant librarian notwithstanding the fact that she is technically a suspect until the ... Read More

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