Aug 7, 2012

Book Teaser: Vengeance by Benjamin Black

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB; choose sentences at random from your current read. Identify the author and title for readers.

Title: Vengeance by Benjamin Black
Hardcover published August 7, 2012; Henry Holt
Audio CD: August 7, 2012, Macmillan Audio
Genre: crime novel
Source: publisher

Your father died of a gunshot wound," Hackett said. "It seems he fired the shot himself."
Jonas pulled a dismissive face. "I don't believe it," he said. (ch. 3)

About the book: A bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as crime novelist Benjamin Black reveals a world where money and sex trump everything. The mysterious death of a successful Irish businessman engages the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett, who calls upon the services of his sometime partner Quirke, consultant pathologist at the Hospital of the Holy Family.

To listen to an audio clip of the Audiobook Vengeance, click HERE.

14 comments:

  1. This one sounds really good! Thanks for sharing. Here's MY TUESDAY MEMES POST

    ReplyDelete
  2. This does sound really good, and like something that would keep my blood pumping! Great post today!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Really does sound interesting. Thanks for sharing. Here's my Teaser

    ReplyDelete
  4. Sounds like a great plot. Thanks for posting a synopsis along with your teaser.
    My teaser is from Hot Issues, Cool Choices.

    ReplyDelete
  5. What? Money and sex trump everything? In today's world? ;)

    Still, it sounds intriguing. Did you like it?

    ReplyDelete
  6. I like mysteries also, sounds good.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/08/teaser-tuesday.html

    ReplyDelete
  7. Excellent teaser, Harvee! I hope you enjoy the book.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Bellezza: I have to confess that ever since I became a reader of Nancy Drew in grammar school I have become an avid reader of good mysteries, and this is one of them!

    ReplyDelete
  9. I love mysteries (and thrillers), too. Here's a confession: I've never read a Nancy Drew book! Do you think I should hand in my teaching certificate? :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Bellezza: It's never too late. I suggest you start with the original and first Nancy Drews.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I enjoyed the first two Benjamin Black mysteries, but never considered listening. Will look forward to your review.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Benjamin Black is an author I've been wanting to try to ages. I've loved his books written as John Banville, but am interested to see how his writing changes for mysteries. I really should read him before he writes too many more!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Hmmmm...not usually my genre but I am curious as to how he was really killed!

    ReplyDelete

I appreciate your comments and thoughts...

Three Novels: Japanese Mystery; Family Drama; Ecuadorian

  Books in the mail The Night of Baba Yaga  by Akira Otani (translated from the Japanese). July 2, 2024, Soho Crime This is an unusual novel...