THE DEATH OF AN IRISH SINNER

New York: William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 15th and next-to-last book in the late McGarrity's excellent and intelligent police procedural mystery series featuring Peter McGarr, head of the Dublin Police's homicide division. This time McGarr is called on to investigate the murder of a famous Irish biographer in a case that leads him to Opus Dei, the clandestine Roman Catholic organization, to other murders and to threats of death against his own family. First Edition, First Printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 280 pages quarter bound in black paper over green paper-covered boards. The dustjacket's front panel shows a jeweled crucifix and a barbed garotte hanging from a bolted door with the title in gold in a decorative black and gold title box at the bottom of the panel and the same black and gold motif on the spine. Back panel contains 5 blurbs of praise for the previous novel in the series. A remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text and a slight bumping to the top of the dj's spine are the only significant flaws to the boards, text or jacket. No tears, no creasing, not price-clipped. Complete, clean and unmarked. A collectable copy of a late entry in a mystery series that continues to deserve a wide readership.