The Grand Manuscript
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An empty apartment, locked from the inside: this is the mystery that literature-loving police inspector Dejan Lukic, hero of Zoran Zivkovic's The Last Book, is called in to solve. What has become of the woman who lives there, bestselling detective fiction writer Jelena Jakovljevic? And, perhaps more importantly still, what has happened to the manuscript of her newly-completed novel, Find Me? As Inspector Lukic becomes ever more entangled in the growing mystery, a highly-strung literary agent, a blind painter, a virtuoso lock-picker and various cutthroat publishers all have their part to play in an elaborate game of misdirection and pursuit. Not to mention the dark powers of the National Security Agency and a secret cult seeking the key to immortality. Once again, Inspector Lukic stands at the heart of a literary conundrum only he can solve and through which he stands to gain--or lose--everything.
The second part of The Papyrus Trilogy.
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The second part of The Papyrus Trilogy.
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Product details
- Paperback | 238 pages
- 127 x 203 x 14mm | 263g
- 31 Aug 2017
- Cadmus Press
- English
- Illustrations, black and white
- 4908793263
- 9784908793264
- 2,210,900
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It begins with him being called to a writer's apartment by her desperate literary agent, who fears the worst. At the writer's apartment they find the door locked--from the inside--but no one answering. Lukic inexplicably finds no trace of the author--a classic locked-door mystery. ... Appearances--and their absence (such the pseudonymous missing author)--are nicely constantly deceiving here, making for an enjoyable enough read.--Michael Orthofer, The Complete Review
Once again Zivkovic's bookish world is fantastic. But then books can endow their characters with immortality, so maybe it's not as fantastic as all that. Like the first book in the trilogy, this book can stand on its own, but it is inextricably connected to the first, and some of the philosophical fun will only be apparent to those who've read both.--David Cozy, Only A Blockhead
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Once again Zivkovic's bookish world is fantastic. But then books can endow their characters with immortality, so maybe it's not as fantastic as all that. Like the first book in the trilogy, this book can stand on its own, but it is inextricably connected to the first, and some of the philosophical fun will only be apparent to those who've read both.--David Cozy, Only A Blockhead
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