7 Quirke books in order

In the debut crime novel from the Booker-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of
a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society

It's not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It's the living. One night, after a few drinks at… show more.

Now a major TV series: Quirke starring Gabriel Byrne and Colin Morgan and written by Conor McPherson

1950s Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have vanished.

When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news… show more.

Now a major TV series: Quirke starring Gabriel Byrne.

When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realise that, rather than the suspected… show more.

Why would suicide need a witness?

On the east coast of Ireland, Victor Delahaye, one of the country's most prominent citizens, takes his business partner's son out sailing. But once at sea, Davy Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye take out a gun and shoot himself dead.

This strange event… show more.

She looked at him and smiled sadly. 'You've lived too long among the dead, Quirke,' she said.

He nodded. 'Yes, I suppose I have.' She was not the first one to have told him that, and she would not be the last.

1950s Dublin. When a body is found in… show more.

A suspicious death, a pregnant woman suddenly gone missing: Quirke's latest case leads him inexorably toward the dark machinations of an old foe

Perhaps Quirke has been down among the dead too long. Lately the Irish pathologist has suffered hallucinations and blackouts, and he fears the cause is a brain… show more.