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Narrative

The detective story is a tragedy with a happy ending.
— Raymond Chandler

Smoke and Whispers

Smoke and Whispers

By Mick Herron

Wash This Blood Clean From My HandReview

Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand

By Fred Vargas and Sian Reynolds (Translator)

An Uncertain Place

An Uncertain Place

By Fred Vargas and Sian Reynolds (Translator)

The Three Evangelists

The Three Evangelists

By Fred Vargas and Sian Reynolds (Translator)

Seventeen

Seventeen

By Hideo Yokoyama and Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

Prefecture D

Prefecture D

By Hideo Yokoyama and Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Translator)

Six FourReview

Six Four

By Hideo Yokoyama and Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Translator)

The SeekerReview

The Seeker

By S.G. MacLean

Destroying Angel

Destroying Angel

By S.G. MacLean

The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

By S.G. MacLean

The Fatherland FilesReview

The Fatherland Files

By Volker Kutscher and Niall Sellar (Translator)

The March Fallen

The March Fallen

By Volker Kutscher and Niall Sellar (Translator)

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