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Among the Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of 2011One of Dublin's most potent men satisfies a chaotic end— and an acknowledged master of crime fiction provides his most gripping book yetOn a sweltering summer morning, paper magnate Rich Jewell—known to his many opponents as Stone Dick—is found together with his head blown off by way of a shotgun blast. But could it be suicide or homicide? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old buddy Quirke, that has uncommon use of Dublin's elite.Jewell's coolly stylish German partner, Françoise, appears significantly less than surprised by her husband's demise. But Dannie, Jewell's high-strung sister, is ruined, and Quirke is amazed to discover that in her suffering she's considered an urgent friend: David Sinclair, Quirke's formidable helper in the pathology laboratory in the Hospital of the Holy Family.