The Eighth Detective
Book description
A New York Times Top Ten Thriller of 2020
"One of the most innovative mysteries in recent memory." - The Wall Street Journal
"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…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Eighth Detective as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I have a hard time understanding why this book didn’t do better than it did commercially because it was a well-executed technical endeavor. Even more, than the really well-done twist ending, the biggest thing I really liked about Alex Pavesi’s book was that the story was told through the eyes of an editor as she reads a series of short stories.
I experienced the stories in real-time with her, but at the end of each, she critiqued them, with the result being an ongoing series of, well, let’s call them easter eggs for me. Again and again, throughout the whole…
From Arthur's list on endings that make you go, “Whoooooaaaa”.
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