The Death of a Joyce Scholar: A Peter McGarr Mystery

Bartholomew Gill. Avon Books, $6.99 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71129-1

Trinity College professor Kevin Coyle is found fatally stabbed after leading Joyce devotees on the annual Bloomsday tour. ``Irish author Gill captures the reader's full attention with the humor and inventiveness of the eighth adventure featuring Chief Inspector Peter McGarr of the Dublin police,'' said PW. (Oct.)

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