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Imprint: Michael Joseph
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Published: 20/08/2020
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ISBN: 9780241433560
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Length: 352 Pages
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Dimensions: 240mm x 33mm x 162mm
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Weight: 571g
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RRP: £14.99
Eight Detectives
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The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
Discover the most original murder mystery which will have you guessing until the very last page . . .
'One of the year's most entertaining crime novels' SUNDAY TIMES
'When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over' A. J. FINN, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
'Grips like a vice' SOPHIE HANNAH
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARRY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
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All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules.
Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out.
But that was thirty years ago. Now he's living a life of seclusion on a quiet Mediterranean island - until Julia Hart, a sharp, ambitious editor, knocks on his door. His early work is being republished and together the two of them must revisit those old stories.
An author, hiding from his past, and an editor, probing inside it.
But as she reads the stories, Julia is unsettled to realise that there are parts that don't make sense. Intricate clues that seem to reference a real murder.
One that's remained unsolved for thirty years . . .
If Julia wants answers, she must triumph in a battle of wits with a dangerously clever adversary.
But she must tread carefully: she knows there's a mystery, but she doesn't yet realise there's already been a murder . . .
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**Winner of the Capital Crimes Reader Award for Debut Book of the Year**
'A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end' New York Times
'This super-smart homage to the Agatha Christie tradition is a must. Stylish, ingenious and great fun' Sunday Mirror
'Has an intricacy rare in modern crime fiction. Alex Pavesi deserves huge applause for his plot, constructed with all the skill of the old masters' Sunday Express
'So, so clever. Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!' Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes
'Ingenious . . . perfect for fans of Agatha Christie' Best
'An ingenious exploration of the crime genre' Literary Review
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Imprint: Michael Joseph
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Published: 20/08/2020
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ISBN: 9780241433560
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Length: 352 Pages
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Dimensions: 240mm x 33mm x 162mm
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Weight: 571g
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RRP: £14.99
Reviews
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Terrific. Alex Pavesi knows the genre inside out. One of the year's most entertaining crime novels
Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month
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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, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
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So, so clever. A twisty story and an education in the maths of murder mysteries, Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!
Sarah Pinborough
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Alex Pavesi is a lively writer . . . It feels like a game of Clue-do-ku
Times
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An elegantly structured, intellectually challenging and completely unique thriller that grips like a vice
Sophie Hannah, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
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This is both a wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction
Mail on Sunday
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It's rare for me to read a book in a single day, but I couldn't put Eight Detectives down. Compelling, clever, and beautifully-constructed. It deserves to be huge. I genuinely wanted to applaud at the end
Alex North
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A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end
New York Times
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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
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This super-smart homage to the Agatha Christie tradition is a must. Stylish, ingenious and great fun
Sunday Mirror
