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Barcode37821002536528
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe naming of the birds : a novel / Paraic O'Donnell.
AuthorO'Donnell, Paraic, author.
Call NoFIC ODO
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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FIC ODO Due on 4/15/2025  

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International Standard Book Number 9781963108033 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1963108035 (hardcover)
Personal Name O'Donnell, Paraic, author.
Title Statement The naming of the birds : a novel / Paraic O'Donnell.
Edition Statement First US edition.
Imprint Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2025.
Physical Description 323 pages, 22 cm.
Summary, Etc. "Something is troubling Inspector Henry Cutter. Sergeant Gideon Bliss is accustomed to his ill-tempered outbursts, but lately the inspector has grown silent and withdrawn. Then, the murders begin. The first to die is the elderly Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but obscure civil servant who long ago retired to tend his orchids. If the motive for his killing is a mystery, the manner of his death is more bewildering still. The victims that follow suffer similar fates, their deaths gruesome but immaculately orchestrated. The murderer comes and goes like a ghost, leaving only carefully considered traces. As the hunt for this implacable adversary mounts, the inspector's gloom deepens, and to Sergeant Bliss, his methods seem as mystifying as the crimes themselves. Why is he digging through dusty archives while the murderer stalks further victims? And as hints of past wrongdoing emerge-and with them the faint promise of a motive-why does Cutter seem haunted by some long-ago failing of his own? To find the answers, the meek and hapless sergeant must step out of the inspector's shadow. Aided by Octavia Hillingdon, a steely and resourceful journalist, Bliss will uncover truths that test his deepest beliefs. Hypnotic and twisty, Paraic O'Donnell's The Naming of the Birds will ensnare you until the final pages and leave you questioning what matters most-solving a case or serving justice"-- Provided by publisher.
Index Term-Genre/Form Detective and mystery fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels.

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