{"product_id":"my-darling-detective","title":"My Darling Detective","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMy Darling Detective\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHoward Norman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780544236103\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHoughton Mifflin Harcourt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e245\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, engrossing homage to noir from National Book Award finalist Howard Norman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jacob Rigolet, a 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 black ink at master photographer Robert Capa's \"Death on a Leipzig Balcony.\" Jacob's police detective fiancée, Martha Crauchet, is assigned to the ensuing interrogation. In \u003ci\u003eMy Darling Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, Howard Norman delivers adelivers 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 Halifax police officer suspected but never convicted of murdering two Jewish residents during the shocking 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 Free Library in a span of three decades--is Howard Norman at his \"provocative . . . haunting\"* and uncannily moving best. \u003cbr\u003e*Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"My Darling Detective | Howard Norman | Hardcover | 9780544236103 | Used: Like New | Mystery 1735796 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168348156056,"sku":"1735796","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81-IYRJV7tL.jpg?v=1771966846","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/my-darling-detective","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}