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The Four Courts Murder (Hardcover)

by Andrew Nugent (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Minotaur Books,US (Jul 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312327587
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312327583
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,151,526 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Judge Sidney Piggott gets kicked to death in his chambers at the Four Courts in Dublin, few tears are shed. Neither Jim Quilligan nor Molly Powers, the Dublin police detectives assigned to the case, are satisfied to pin the murder on a missing youth whom many suspect without more reasons. Quilligan gets a colleague to question his informant and Molly does some sleuthing in the arts library because of the judge's questionable dealing in paintings. There she meets a charming young Dutchman who helps her with the search.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Beautifully Written and Plotted, and Good Fun, 17 Oct 2005
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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It's hard to believe that this is the author's first mystery novel. It is so expertly written that I would have assumed that Andrew Nugent had had long practice at constructing plots and fleshing them out. It is a police procedural and follows, more or less, the established rules of such mystery novels, but it is salted with hilarious Irish humor, lovely satirical slaps at the judiciary, at boozers, crooks and layabouts, but saving its deftest jabs for grandiose self-deluded windbags. The conclusion is unusual but entirely satisfying.

We're told that Nugent, a former lawyer who is now a Benedictine monk, is writing another murder mystery. I, for one, can hardly wait.

Scott Morrison

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Impressive!, 18 Oct 2006
By johnverp (Budapest) - See all my reviews
This is a well-written novel with a sound plot and perfect length - for my reading taste at least. As implied, Nugent uses the English language well and peppers his writing with some good wit, occassionally over-doing it, however. He manages to convert what appears to be a simple murder story, with the murderer suspect identified reasonably early, into an intriguing ride, putting the justice system in Ireland under scrutiny along the way.
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5.0 out of 5 stars an immensely enjoyable read, 19 Sep 2006
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With a thrilling opening and cleverly woven characters, this is a great story. The settings and dialogue would translate well to the silver screen.
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