Description

When a renowned researcher is found murdered at the abbey home he shares with a tight circle of brilliant PhD students, the crime scene is as unsettling as it is precise—his lungs have been cut out and placed neatly beside him. With the investigation narrowing to the students who knew his work best, each suspect’s brilliance becomes both a clue and a liability, as motives tied to ambition, secrecy, and scientific rivalry come into focus. Blending cerebral deduction with a distinctly unsettling mystery, the story explores how knowledge can be weaponized and how truth can hide behind carefully constructed explanations. In a style marked by sharp characterization and high-concept intrigue, this is a murder tale that treats every detail—scientific and personal—as part of a larger, dangerous design.

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paperback

Pan

Published Feb 21, 2019

384 pages

ISBN: 9781509868681

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First Published

1994

Language

eng

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