{"product_id":"my-darling-detective-paperback","title":"My Darling Detective - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Norman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] ingeniously plotted novel . . . Norman knows how to weave an enticing and satisfying mystery, one tantalizing thread at a time.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA witty, engrossing homage to noir, from National Book Award finalist Howard Norman\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jacob Rigolet, soon-to-be former assistant to a wealthy art collector, looks up from his seat at an auction--his mother, former head librarian at the Halifax Free Library, is walking almost casually up the aisle. Before a stunned audience, she flings an open jar of ink at master photographer Robert Capa's \u003cem\u003eDeath on a Leipzig Balcony.\u003c\/em\u003e Jacob's police detective fiancée is assigned to the ensuing interrogation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eMy Darling Detective\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a fond nod to classic noir, as Jacob's understanding of the man he has always assumed to be his father unravels against the darker truth of Robert Emil, a police officer suspected of murdering two Jewish residents during an upswing of anti-Semitism in 1945. The denouement, involving a dire shootout and an emergency delivery--it's the second Rigolet to be born in the Halifax library in a three decades--is Howard Norman at his uncannily moving best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Norman works with an offhand ease and grace . . . Whimsy is balanced by moments of powerfully evoked realism.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An unconventional, lively literary mystery.\" -- \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHOWARD NORMAN is a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction and a two-time National Book Award nominee. He is also author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Museum Guard, The Haunting of L, The Bird Artist, What Is Left the Daughter, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNext Life Might Be Kinder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760959160608,"sku":"9781328916273","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1d8c144211e2bc1d6c027fac7ff50f2a.webp?v=1780195296","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-darling-detective-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}