- Mal is still angry with Quirke for revealing Phoebe's true paternity and blames him for her quitting medical school to work in a hat shop. Here she meets louche Leslie White, manager of the Silver Swan beauty salon who is having an affair with Deirdre, wife of pharmaceutical rep Billy Hunt, a former student of Quirke. Deirdre is addicted to tranquillizers in return for which she agrees to pose for nude photos which White uses to blackmail her. At the same time Quirke deals with the suicide of housewife Geraldine Millican, who like Deirdre posed nude to get her tablets. After Quirke has failed to warn Phoebe about White he persuades Garret to take drastic action, revealing White's true nature to Phoebe. Several deaths follow, which Quirke is able to help solve but he is unprepared for sad news about Sarah, with whom he had been having an affair.—don @ minifie-1
- Dublin pathologist Dr. Quirke investigates the death of Geraldine Milligan who from all appearances seems to have committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills and heroin. The combination is odd and when a second suicide victim, Deirdre Hunt, is found in the sea and appears to have died from the same drugs, Quirke is certain there is something more sinister. Quirke had recently met Deirdre when her husband Billy, a former medical student of Quirke's who is now a pharmaceutical rep, introduced them at a reception. Billy Hunt was in Northern Ireland at the time of his wife's death and can't fathom why she would have taken her own life. Meanwhile, Phoebe tells her mother that she is moving out on her own, something that displeases her father Malachy. He's also upset that she's given up her medical studies and is working in a hat shop. She meets Leslie White who manages the hair salon nearby but is also involved in the drugs that the women are taking.—garykmcd
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