Alex Pavesi

The Eighth Detective

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“Dizzying, dazzling… When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over.”
—A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

A thrilling, wildly inventive nesting doll of a mystery, in which a young editor travels to a remote Mediterranean village in the hopes of convincing a reclusive writer to republish his collection of detective stories, only to realize that there are greater mysteries beyond the pages of books.

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 sharp, ambitious editor knocks on his door. Julia wishes to republish his book, and…
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    Chess is all about rules and symmetry,” she continued, “but conflict is usually just cruel and dirty
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    Chess is a cheap metaphor. It’s what men use when they want to talk in a grandiose way about conflict.

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