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The Eighth Detective: A Novel by Pavesi, Alex
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- Seller Notes
- “Used book in good condition. Shows typical wear. Quick shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!”
- ISBN
- 9781250755933
- Book Title
- Eighth Detective : a Novel
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 16.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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A New York Times Top Ten Thriller of 2020 "Dizzying, dazzling... When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." --A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "One of the most innovative mysteries in recent memory." - The Wall Street Journal There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective. Grant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out - and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But that was thirty years ago. Now Grant lives in seclusion on a remote Mediterranean island, counting the rest of his days. Until Julia Hart, a brilliant, ambitious editor knocks on his door. Julia wishes to republish his book, and together they must revisit those old stories: an author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it. But there are things in the stories that don't add up. Inconsistencies left by Grant that a sharp-eyed editor begins to suspect are more than mistakes. They may be clues, and Julia finds herself with a mystery of her own to solve. Alex Pavesi's The Eighth Detective is a love letter to classic detective stories with a modern twist, where nothing is as it seems, and proof that the best mysteries break all the rules.
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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
125075593x
ISBN-13
9781250755933
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038778215
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eighth Detective : a Novel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr6116.A94e54 2020
Reviews
"Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." --A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." --Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes "Alex Pavesi has written one of the most creative detective novels of the year...if not of all time. Sharp writing, crisp dialogue, and the end will leave you reeling. An incredible debut novel!" -- Samantha Downing, International bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "Inventive. . . . Pavesi's language immerses readers in mid-twentieth-century England and in the struggles, cruelties, and oddities of his multitude of carefully portrayed characters. Give this atmospheric puzzle to fans of short stories and of the American Mystery Classics series." -- Booklist, starred review "The book abounds with complications and twists, and puzzle lovers will have fun predicting the endings of the stories...A satisfying mystery for the casual reader, even more so for the careful one." -- K irkus "Ingenius. . . Pavesi is a writer to watch." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." --A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club, Amazon '10 summer thrillers you won't want to miss' "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes "Alex Pavesi has written one of the most creative detective novels of the year...if not of all time. Sharp writing, crisp dialogue, and the end will leave you reeling. An incredible debut novel!" -- Samantha Downing, International bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "Inventive. . . . Pavesi's language immerses readers in mid-twentieth-century England and in the struggles, cruelties, and oddities of his multitude of carefully portrayed characters. Give this atmospheric puzzle to fans of short stories and of the American Mystery Classics series." -- Booklist, starred review "The book abounds with complications and twists, and puzzle lovers will have fun predicting the endings of the stories...A satisfying mystery for the casual reader, even more so for the careful one." -- K irkus "Ingenius. . . Pavesi is a writer to watch." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes "Alex Pavesi has written one of the most creative detective novels of the year...if not of all time. Sharp writing, crisp dialogue, and the end will leave you reeling. An incredible debut novel!" - Samantha Downing, International bestselling author of My Lovely Wife, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes "Alex Pavesi has written one of the most creative detective novels of the year...if not of all time. Sharp writing, crisp dialogue, and the end will leave you reeling. An incredible debut novel!" -- Samantha Downing, International bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "The book abounds with complications and twists, and puzzle lovers will have fun predicting the endings of the stories...A satisfying mystery for the casual reader, even more so for the careful one." -- K irkus, "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." - -Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, "The reader understands that the book is a meta-story about the nature of mystery writing itself, but it's a sign of Pavesi's skill that we fall headlong into each of his stories. If that means we're pawns in his grand chess game, so be it. His revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end." - The New York Times "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes "Alex Pavesi has written one of the most creative detective novels of the year...if not of all time. Sharp writing, crisp dialogue, and the end will leave you reeling. An incredible debut novel!" -- Samantha Downing, International bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "Inventive. . . . Pavesi's language immerses readers in mid-twentieth-century England and in the struggles, cruelties, and oddities of his multitude of carefully portrayed characters. Give this atmospheric puzzle to fans of short stories and of the American Mystery Classics series." -- Booklist, starred review "The book abounds with complications and twists, and puzzle lovers will have fun predicting the endings of the stories...A satisfying mystery for the casual reader, even more so for the careful one." -- K irkus "Ingenius. . . Pavesi is a writer to watch." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club, "Dizzying, dazzling -- a potent potion of a thriller, a brew of bibliophilia (think The Shadow of the Wind ), wire-taut tension ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), and plot swerves so sharp and sudden you risk whiplash with each turn of the page, as bold as the best of Michael Connelly and Lisa Gardner. When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over." -- A.J. Finn, #1 N ew York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put The Eighth Detective down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end." -- Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man "An absolute triumph of a novel. I read it in two greedy gulps. Intelligent and compelling storytelling. Utterly brilliant" -- Ali Land, bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me "In The Eighth Detective , Alex Pavesi constructs a remarkable puzzle that turns readers into literary detectives with every new twist. Both a celebration and a reinvention of mystery fiction." -- Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Chamber and The Dante Club "So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the math of murder mysteries. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one. Bravo!" -- Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes "Alex Pavesi has written one of the most creative detective novels of the year...if not of all time. Sharp writing, crisp dialogue, and the end will leave you reeling. An incredible debut novel!" -- Samantha Downing, International bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "Inventive. . . . Pavesi's language immerses readers in mid-twentieth-century England and in the struggles, cruelties, and oddities of his multitude of carefully portrayed characters. Give this atmospheric puzzle to fans of short stories and of the American Mystery Classics series." -- Booklist, starred review "The book abounds with complications and twists, and puzzle lovers will have fun predicting the endings of the stories...A satisfying mystery for the casual reader, even more so for the careful one." -- K irkus
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