- historical mysteries, suspense, ocean travel, prisoners
It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial and execution for a crime he may, or may not, have committed.
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Grave, plot-driven, relentless and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Stuart Turton
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Tropen, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Tantor Audio
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9781665191739
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