hardcover, 312 pages
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2009 by MacMillan.
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad.
But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlú must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other.
Imagine Berlin without a wall but it is illegal to look at the other side. Also, the border is not one straight line, but very confusing, cutting through streets etc. Imagine a hard-boiled detective novel in such a setting. Felt very Disco Elysium to me, and I loved it. Would have been even better if not every main character was a man.
Omg. Very clever but also a great mystery.
