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THE TAINTED CUP
A Holmes and Watsonstyle detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett
In Daretana's greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies deadkilled, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. Even here at the Empire's borders, where contagions abound and the blood of the leviathans works strange magical changes, it's a death both terrifying and impossible.
Assigned to investigate is Ana Dolabra, a detective whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities. Rumor has it that she wears a blindfold at all times, and that she can solve impossible cases without even stepping outside the walls of her home.
At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol, magically altered in ways that make him the perfect aide to Ana's brilliance. Din is at turns scandalized, perplexed, and utterly infuriated by his new superiorbut as the case unfolds and he watches Ana's mind leap from one startling deduction to the next, he must admit that she is, indeed, the Empire's greatest detective.
As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the Empire itself, Din realizes he's barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabraand wonders how long he'll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.
By an "endlessly inventive" (Vulture) author with a "wicked sense of humor" (NPR), The Tainted Cup mixes the charms of detective fiction with brilliant world-building to deliver a fiendishly clever mystery that's at once instantly recognizable and thrillingly new.
Robert Jackson Bennett is the author of THE TAINTED CUP (Del Rey, 2024), The Founders trilogy, and The Divine Cities trilogy, which was a Hugo Awards finalist in the Best Series category. The first book in the series, CITY OF STAIRS (Crown, 2014), was also a finalist for the World Fantasy and Locus Awards, and the second, CITY OF BLADES (2016), was a finalist for the World Fantasy, Locus, and British Fantasy Awards. His previous novels have received the Edgar Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Philip K. Dick Citation of Excellence.
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Published 2024-02-06 by Del Rey Hardcover |