{"product_id":"book-doa1","title":"The Eighth Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Dizzying, dazzling… When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over.\"\u003cbr\u003e—A.J. Finn, #1 N\u003ci\u003eew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out – and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But that was thirty years ago. Now Grant lives in seclusion on a remote Mediterranean island, counting the rest of his days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil Julia Hart, a brilliant, ambitious editor knocks on his door. Julia wishes to republish his book, and together they must revisit those old stories: an author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there are things in the stories that don’t add up. Inconsistencies left by Grant that a sharp-eyed editor begins to suspect are more than mistakes. They may be clues, and Julia finds herself with a mystery of her own to solve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex Pavesi's \u003ci\u003eThe Eighth Detective\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to classic detective stories with a modern twist, where nothing is as it seems, and proof that the best mysteries break all the rules. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[Narrator Emilia] Fox's warm, calm British accent is reminiscent of an Agatha Christie production,\u003cbr\u003ewhich fits perfectly with the mid-century setting\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369952223536,"sku":"BDdoa1","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/133740-doa1-Square.jpg?v=1734639856","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-doa1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}