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de Bartholomew Gill (Author) "Pulling his car onto the shoulder of the dual carriage-way, McGarr peered down into the valley of the Shannon ..." En savoir plus
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Chief Inspector Peter McGarr is back, this time to investigate a double homicide in Leixleap, a village on the River Shannon. The murder takes place in a fancy inn owned by Tim Tallon, a loudmouth who bullied McGarr when they were boys. Tallon calls McGarr to the murder scene to beg a favor of his old friend--that McGarr keep the murder investigation hush-hush. The naked victims--so intimately entwined that one bullet seems to have killed them both--were officers in Leixleap's Eel Division, a department with a directive to hunt down poachers. The female officer was a belle, recently married but not to her partner in death. The male is her boss and twice her age, a local tomcat.

Beneath a moody winter sky, author Bartholomew Gill brings to life this engaging Irish fishing village, where I.R.A. thugs routinely steal eels from harvesters. A charismatic but cunning bartender clues McGarr in on the scene. The villagers all know each other's business, so gossip penetrates fact in interesting ways. McGarr weaves together fragments--observations, opinions, guesswork--and has a knack for knowing when people lie or tell less than they know. Fans of the Peter McGarr mystery series already know that they can expect a vivid portrait of contemporary Ireland, at once realistic and just far enough removed from reality to feel like a vacation. Newcomers will be happy to enter the lives of McGarr and his familiars. Death of an Irish Lover is an entertaining good time. --Kathi Inman Berens



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Beautifully written, brilliantly plotted and cleverly concluded, Gill's 14th Peter McGarr mystery (following 1997's Death of an Irish Tinker) is an uncommon pleasure. Ireland's chief homicide cop responds to a call from Tim Tallon, whom he used to know as a schoolyard bully, but who's now an innkeeper in the Shannon River town of Leixleap (literally, "Salmon Jump"). Two bodies have turned up in a guest room at Tallon's inn. To make it worse, the victims, Ellen Finn and Pascal Burke, are "eel police"Demployees of the Fisheries Board whose job was to prevent eel poaching. Worse still, Finn, a young married woman, was found nude atop her boss, Burke, a noted local "swordsman." McGarr soon assembles his team and discovers that the artfully arranged murders are not what they seem. But the suspects, motives and dangers are all plentiful. A scorned lover? Eel poachers? The cuckolded husband? Tallon, the bullying inn owner, or his Belgian "wife"? The canny bartender, a former IRA section chief and a graduate of the Maze Prison? Insightful and patient, McGarr pursues the elusive truth with a combination of official and unofficial police methods that, however unorthodox, proves effective. Ireland, rich in history, rife with divisions and riddled with contradictions, provides a glowing background to this deeply absorbing novel, but the complexity of the characters and the subtlety of the author prove most satisfying. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Another winner, Janv. 15 2003
Par Marsha E. Lytle (Olathe, KS United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
Another winner in the Peter McGarr series, which were written by American author, Mark McGarrity, until his untimely death last summer. The characters are well rounded, never stereotyped, and the endings never easy to predict.
There are enough false leads to keep you guesing until the end. As always we get a picture of Ireland, from the small town gossips to the dark underbelly of the criminal world. McGarr and his cohorts are interesting characters despite their all too human frailties. In a country where murders are refreshingly rare, McGarr keeps busy solving all that come his way. This book is a good read.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 An Ireland the tourists never see--if they are lucky., Aoû 28 2001
Par Mary Whipple (New England) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Death Of An Irish Lover Mm (Mass Market Paperback)
Bartholomew Gill is an Irish writer of intriguing police procedurals which blend hard realism with romantic story-telling, set always in very confined settings, full of local color and local characters. The intricacies of eel-fishing on the River Shannon, and eel-poaching by IRA sympathizers, who sell the eels at high prices to finance IRA activity, are the offbeat sources of the realism and romance here.

When two members of the "eel-police" are found shot to death in bed, in what appears to be a slaying by a jealous husband, Detective Superintendent Peter McGarr and his motley assistants from Dublin are called in. As they investigate the killings in the seemingly idyllic town of Leixleap, the reader is exposed to the slippery underbelly of small town Irish life--the petty jealousies, the abusive liaisons, the manipulations of those clever enough to play "the system," the limited expectations of the young women, and the ties that bind everyone to a beautiful village which has few legitimate opportunities.

Ultimately, it's the characters which make the novel come truly alive. McGarr, his family, and his assistants are colorfully drawn, all with unique characteristics which make them memorable. His psychological acuity makes their behavior plausible, and the limited setting provides for much interaction among them and the townspeople. These interactions, not outside sources, lead to the complications which enliven the plot. Gill alternates pathos and humor to moderate the most violent scenes, and his depiction of a child caught unwittingly in the turmoil is especially affecting. This is an absorbing mystery and a welcome change of pace from urban thrillers--no less violent, but perhaps more affecting because its world is so small and its characters, so chummy.

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