The Man Who Wanted to Know
Published on 15. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-78429-693-3 (ISBN)
Description
Soul-shattering and profound detective novel from the international award-winning sensation
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
CAN NEVER HURT YOU
THE UNKNOWN
Mazal Bengtson doesn't know what her husband was doing on the night of the storm. Inspector Avraham Avraham doesn't know how to begin his first murder case.
THE KNOWN
What they do both know is something of the victim's past that holds the key to understanding not just the murder, but stranger, more disturbing events.
THE UNKNOWABLE
For the things that happen in a long marriage, under strain may not always be against the law. Desperate to solve a terrible death, Avraham cannot mend what he cannot know.
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
CAN NEVER HURT YOU
THE UNKNOWN
Mazal Bengtson doesn't know what her husband was doing on the night of the storm. Inspector Avraham Avraham doesn't know how to begin his first murder case.
THE KNOWN
What they do both know is something of the victim's past that holds the key to understanding not just the murder, but stranger, more disturbing events.
THE UNKNOWABLE
For the things that happen in a long marriage, under strain may not always be against the law. Desperate to solve a terrible death, Avraham cannot mend what he cannot know.
Reviews / Votes
Avraham is quiet, stubbornly impressive and the novel is full of insights into love and sex -- Marcel Berlins * The Times * *STAR PICK* Takes us into the hearts of these compassionately drawn characters. Sensitive, perceptive and quietly memorable. * Crime Club * He writes in such a cool, one-paced style . . . Powerful insight . . . 'Those Swedish and Danish cops, they're not real,' Mishani seems to be saying. 'My steady, plodding Israelis show what police work really is.' * Jewish Chronicle *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78429-693-3 (9781784296933)
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D. A. Mishani
The Man Who Wanted to Know
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06/2016
1st Edition
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Person
Dror A. Mishani is an international bestselling crime writer, screenwriter and literary scholar, specializing in the history of crime fiction. His bestselling Inspector Avraham series (The Missing File, A Possibility of Violence, The Man Who Wanted to Know) was translated into more than 20 languages. They were shortlisted for the CWA international dagger award and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policliere and won the prestigious Martin Beck award for best crime novel translated to Swedish and the Grand Prix du meilleur Polar de lecteurs de Points. A successful French cine movie (Fleuve Noire) and an Israeli TV series based on the Inspector Avraham series were released in 2018/2019. A TV adaptation of The Missing File is in development with major American writer/producer David E. Kelley and NBCUniversal for Peacock. His stand alone thriller Three was again an international bestseller, received the Prix Mystere de la Critique and is longlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger. An English language TV adaptation of Three is in development with Keshet International. Conviction is shortlisted for Israel's most prestigious literary award, the Sapir Prize.