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Title: The Death of Love: A Peter McGarr Mystery by Bartholomew Gill ISBN: 0-380-71982-7 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: "Money, like love, is energy."
Comment: If this statement by Paddy Power were true, this novel would be one of Gill's most energetic, filled as it is with financial complications involving the Irish economy, political graft and corruption, and the get-rich-quick hopes of numerous investors in Paddy Powers's commercial bank. A much admired financier/philanthropist, Paddy has been working on a plan for a debt-for-equity swap involving the Irish national debt and a Japanese investor, and someone finds this so threatening that s/he tinkers with Paddy's heart medication and kills him.
Political intrigue at the highest levels, intraparty politics and resentments, and the northern branch of the IRA all play a part in the action here and add to the intricate financial maneuvering. Unfortunately, however, they also lead to a somewhat "talky" novel, as Gill is forced to explain technicalities to his reader. Most of the personal interactions and intrigue here involve the politicians and their wives, lovers, and families, rather than McGarr and his detectives from the Garda Siochana, and I missed the focus on those characters which made Death of a Joyce Scholar and Death of an Irish Sinner (the novel after this one) so satisfying.
Sneem, a "Tidy Town" in Kerry, which is the site of Paddy's murder, is very lively here, with quirky characters, culchies, and locals with long memories, but the banter and teasing which so characterize the series as a whole are less prominent here. The relationship between Ruthie Bresnahan and Hugh Ward, a highlight of the previous novel, Death of a a Joyce Scholar, is not a factor, with Ward acting undercover as a bartender and Ruthie, on her "home turf," using her connections in the community to help McGarr solve the murder. With numerous subplots and red herrings, along with complex financial and political dealings, Gill tackles big subjects with his usual gusto, and his conclusion explodes in fireworks, torture, mayhem, and an incredible body count. Tighter plotting and fewer side issues might have made this novel more powerful, but even when Gill is not at his best, he's still better than most!
Rating: 4
Summary: A good progression of the McGarr series
Comment: I read Death of a Joyce Scholar last week. This week I am reading the Death Of Love. No, I am not dissappointed. In fact, it is an engaging read. It is nice to see the characters grow from the previous story. It is also nice to see these Irish law enforcers engage in some more covert operations as opposed to their usual brand of detection found in the other works. And the writing is just as solid as ever. Check it out.
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Title: McGarr and the Method of Descartes by Bartholomew Gill ISBN: 0140084053 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: December, 1985 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: McGarr and the Legacy of a Woman Scorned (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Bartholomew Gill ISBN: 0140096094 Publisher: Select Penguin Pub. Date: May, 1987 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: McGarr and the P.M. of Belgrave Square by Bartholomew Gill ISBN: 014007323X Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1984 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile: A Peter McGarr Mystery by Bartholomew Gill ISBN: 0688129099 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Bartholomew Gill, Bartolomew Gill ISBN: 0140085807 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: April, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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