The Four Courts Murder by Andrew Nugent - ISBN: 9780755332458
Paperback
Dublin judge’s murder reveals dark secrets, revenge, and rural intrigue.

The Four Courts Murder

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    12 April 2007

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Summary

A superbly entertaining and suspenseful debut crime novel from Irish Benedictine Monk Andrew Nugent.

When a Dublin High Court judge is found dead - slumped in his chair, his neck snapped by a well aimed kick - many would say he got what he deserved. But Inspector Denis Lennon and Sergeant Molly Power soon unearth a far more dangerous and complex case than simple revenge. There’s the handsome, fair-haired young man whose flights of fancy and secret liaisons lead them down many a dark a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755332458
ISBN-10:0755332458
Author:Andrew Nugent
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:12 April 2007
Weight:205g
Dimensions:176mm x 113mm x 21mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘The author has an elegant, witty style. He has created some colourful characters, including an engaging pair of police officers …an entertaining story with some nice touches of humour’

The author has an elegant, witty style. He has created some colourful characters, including an engaging pair of police officers …an entertaining story with some nice touches of humour’ - Sunday Telegraph

‘It would take an iron will not to find oneself swept along by the pace at which the story is told’ - Irish Times

Elegant, charming and clever, Andrew Nugent deflates the pomposity of the law, the police force and Irish rural mythology in a novel as ingenious as it is witty and compelling - Irish Post

‘An erudite, witty and altogether delightful debut, full of characters laced with eccentricity and Irish charm’ - Kirkus Reviews (starred)

About The Author

Andrew Nugent

Andrew Nugent lives in Ireland and is a former practising trial lawyer who now, as a monk of the order of St. Benedict, is Prior at Glenstal Abbey, a boys’ school in Limerick. He worked for some years in a monastry in Nigeria, West Africa and has spent time in Israel, Chicago and New York. He is the author of a non-fiction work The Slow-Release Miracle. The Four Courts Murder is his first novel.

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