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Judge Joe Crater's disappearance in 1930 spawned countless conspiracy theories and captured the imagination of a nation caught in the grip of The Depression. Fifteen years later, Fintan Dunne, the detective encountered in Quinn's novel Hour of the Cat, recently retired and bored, answers a summons to New York where he is asked to solve the old case for a newspaper magnate interested in making a profit. Dunne confronts haphazard investigating, aggrieved participants and a grieving spouse as he travels from New York to Los Angeles and Havana, untangling decades-old clues in an attempt to solve the mystery still baffling America. Peter Quinn once again has written a compelling blend of history and fiction that is simply unputdownable.
| ISBN | 071564159X | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780715641590
(What's this?) | | Pages | 352 | | Publisher | Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 25 Aug 2011 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 813.54 | |
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'The Man Who Never Returned is a dazzling story by a fine writer. Fintan Dunne is a memorable hero you want to meet again and again.' James Patterson 'This is noir fiction at its finest.' William Kennedy 'An utterly compelling story with a charismatic, flawed protagonist in Fintan Dunne. Gripping from the first page to the last, Peter Quinn creates a unique and utterly believable world.' Gabriel Byrne  Be the first to write a customer review
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