AUDIO

Holy Orders

by Benjamin Black
(Quirke, Bk. 6). 8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 9½ hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2013. ISBN 9781427231673. $39.99; Playaway digital; digital download. F
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Newspaper reporter Jimmy Minor is found dead in a Dublin canal, beaten and horribly mutilated. Who would have wanted him dead? Was it because of something in his personal life or connected to a story he was working on? It's up to medical examiner Quirke and Inspector Hackett to solve the case. Black (Vengeance), a pseudonym for John Banville, fails to create the gripping thriller for which he was aiming. He attempts to develop his characters but only succeeds in bogging listeners down with pointless details. Narrator John Keating tries his best to give the story life and emotion, but he's defeated by the frequently shifting points of view.
VERDICT Not recommended; fans of mysteries and thrillers would be disappointed.
Reviewed by Jessi Brown, Huntington City Twp. P.L., IN , Apr 18, 2014
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