Dimensions
106 x 171 x 23mm
In Bartholomew Gill's last and most stunning work, Irish police chief Peter McGarr investigates the cold-blooded murder of a library night watchman and the baffling disappearance of one of the oldest and most sacred texts in the world.
The last and most grand entry in this critically acclaimed series takes Murder Squad leader McGarr into the rarefied atmosphere of the heralded Trinity College library in Dublin, where the Book of Kells has been stolen. One of the oldest and most beautifully illustrated manuscripts in the world, the four books that make up the work are the chief treasure of the library and invaluable to the people of Ireland.
McGarr soon suspects that a notorious group of IRA thugs and religious zealots may be involved. The New Druids is a group that blames Christianity for having usurped and supplanted the ancient Celtic religion of Ireland. Since the Book of Kells represents Christ's life and teachings, but is illustrated in Celtic design, the group sees it as a prime example of Christianity's co-opting of Druidism. With even his closest allies as suspects, McGarr must fight alone to solve what may be his biggest case yet.
