The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

By Robert Goddard,

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'One of the finest crime writers of any generation' Daily Mail
'He's the high priest of plot ... deftly woven, but also beautifully written ... I loved it' Mel Giedroyc
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Umiko Wada has recently had quite enough excitement in her life. With her husband recently murdered and a mother…

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1 author picked The Fine Art of Invisible Detection as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love this author, who is famous for twisty plots with a protagonist caught up in mystery and peril.

This time, the setting is Japan and the United Kingdom, and the only detective is dead as the book starts. What has caused his death? His secretary, Wada, must work to discover what her boss was up to that got him murdered, and I love the fact that having never been out of Japan in her life, the whole search for the truth is as difficult culturally as it is from the danger she finds herself in.

I felt that how…

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