{"product_id":"my-darling-detective-9781328916273","title":"My Darling Detective","description":"\"[An] ingeniously plotted novel . . . Norman knows how to weave an enticing and satisfying mystery, one tantalizing thread at a time.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA witty, engrossing homage to noir, from National Book Award finalist Howard Norman\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jacob Rigolet, soon-to-be former assistant to a wealthy art collector, looks up from his seat at an auction--his mother, former head librarian at the Halifax Free Library, is walking almost casually up the aisle. Before a stunned audience, she flings an open jar of ink at master photographer Robert Capa's \u003cem\u003eDeath on a Leipzig Balcony.\u003c\/em\u003e Jacob's police detective fiancée is assigned to the ensuing interrogation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eMy Darling Detective\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a fond nod to classic noir, as Jacob's understanding of the man he has always assumed to be his father unravels against the darker truth of Robert Emil, a police officer suspected of murdering two Jewish residents during an upswing of anti-Semitism in 1945. The denouement, involving a dire shootout and an emergency delivery--it's the second Rigolet to be born in the Halifax library in a three decades--is Howard Norman at his uncannily moving best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Norman works with an offhand ease and grace . . . Whimsy is balanced by moments of powerfully evoked realism.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An unconventional, lively literary mystery.\" -- \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328916273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Howard Norman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935565156533,"sku":"9781328916273","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0b5c8f10-24a8-460d-9872-ca668846445b.jpg?v=1688489525","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-darling-detective-9781328916273","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}