{"product_id":"the-eighth-detective-9781250798473","title":"The Eighth Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Thriller of 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most innovative mysteries in recent memory. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDizzying, dazzling... When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--A.J. Finn, #1 N\u003ci\u003eew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out publishing seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate the rules of murder. 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, keen to understand it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as she reads the stories, Julia is unsettled to realize 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Julia wants answers, she must triumph in a battle of wits with a dangerously clever adversary. Alex Pavesi's \u003ci\u003eThe Eighth Detective\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250798473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Alex Pavesi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40423532396725,"sku":"9781250798473","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4e04fb82-0ca8-4fde-83c2-44a4fa7889c5.jpg?v=1625577504","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-eighth-detective-9781250798473","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}