{"product_id":"my-darling-detective-9781328916273","title":"My Darling Detective","description":"\"[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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334121918738,"sku":"9781328916273","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b24837f5-09a2-465e-9c34-20f6ee758290.jpg?v=1727884014","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-darling-detective-9781328916273","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}