![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() unlike any other crime novel you’ll read this year’ (Guardian) and ‘the most unusual, intelligent thriller I’ve read for years (Sophie Hannah) – Claire DeWitt and The Bohemian Highway is an extraordinarily powerful and moving mystery novel from a rare talent. Just as City of the Dead was acclaimed for its unique heroine and powerful atmosphere – ‘mesmeric. As visions of the past reveal the secrets of the present, Claire begins to understand the words of the enigmatic French detective Jacques Silette: ‘The detective won’t know what he is capable of until he encounters a mystery that pierces his own heart.’ ![]() With the help of her new assistant Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding possible leads to Paul’s fate in other cases – a long-ago missing girl and a modern-day miniature horse theft in Marin. But, as Claire knows, nothing is ever simple. When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt’s musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco’s Mission District, the police are convinced it’s a simple robbery. Actually, Claire DeWitt was trained by two detectives even better than her: her mentor Constance Darling, whose murder made Claire the best in the business, and Constance’s ex-teacher and ex-lover Jacques Silette, whose cult reputation as the author of the classic manual Détection didn’t help recover his kidnapped daughter. ![]()
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