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When Judge Sidney Piggott gets kicked to death in his chambers at the Four Courts in Dublin, few tears are shed. Neither Jim Quilligan nor Molly Powers, the Dublin police detectives assigned to the case, are satisfied to pin the murder on a missing youth whom many suspect without more reasons. Quilligan gets a colleague to question his informant and Molly does some sleuthing in the arts library because of the judge's questionable dealing in paintings. There she meets a charming young Dutchman who helps her with the search.

About the Author :
Andrew Nugent lives in Ireland and is a former lawyer who now, as a monk of the order of St. Benedict, is the chief officer of a boys' school in Limerick. Although "The Four Courts Murder" is his first book of fiction, he has published works of nonfiction. He is finishing a second mystery (still set in Dublin but very different otherwise) about immigrants from Africa, where he lived doing missionary work for a number of years.

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"Impressive debut Admirers of Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond series should latch onto this one and clamor for more." --"Library Journal" "" "An erudite, witty and altogether delightful debut, full of characters laced with eccentricity and Irish charm."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred) " "Impressive debut...Admirers of Peter Lovesey''s Peter Diamond series should latch onto this one and clamor for more." --"Library Journal" "Impressive debut...Admirers of Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond series should latch onto this one and clamor for more." --"Library Journal""" "An erudite, witty and altogether delightful debut, full of characters laced with eccentricity and Irish charm."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred) The august Four Courts of Dublin are rocked to their foundation by the murder of a judge in chambers. Shortly after Judge Sidney Piggott is found kicked to death, Inspector Denis Lennon and Sergeant Molly Powers discover that Piggott had a lucrative sideline in fencing stolen artworks through antique dealers Isa and Felix Roundstone. Following the pair to France, art squad Inspector Jim Quilligan learns that they have a valuable painting whose price can now enrich their offshore account. Blonde hairs found at the murder scene put the police on the trail of David Roundstone, Piggott''s unacknowledged son by Isa. The fact that David is a schizophrenic martial-arts expert who''s confessed to another bizarre murder in a country pub has the police scouring the country for him. But they can''t find David because he''s been working as a houseboy for Albert Singer, the repellent but clever chairman of the Bar Council, who does all he can to thwart the police. In a scene out of the genre classics, Singer calls in a group of people to listen to the police explain their lack of progress. Although the murder is solved at this conference, the guileful, appealing tale is far from over. An erudite, witty and altogether delightful debut, full of characters laced with eccentricity and Irish charm. "Impressive debut... Admirers of Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond series should latch onto this one and clamor for more." --"Library Journal""" "An erudite, witty and altogether delightful debut, full of characters laced with eccentricity and Irish charm."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred) "Impressive debut...Admirers of Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond series should latch onto this one and clamor for more." --"Library Journal""" "An erudite, witty and altogether delightful debut, full of characters laced with eccentricity and Irish charm."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred) "Impressive debut.Admirers of Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond series should latch onto this one and clamor for more." --"Library Journal"


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  • ISBN-13: 9780312327583
  • Publisher: Minotaur Books,US
  • Publisher Imprint: Minotaur Books,US
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 0312327587
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 140 mm


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