--- product_id: 202909645 title: "The Eighth Detective: A Novel Kindle Edition" brand: "alex pavesi" price: "€ 22.74" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/202909645-the-eighth-detective-a-novel-kindle-edition store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Eighth Detective: A Novel Kindle Edition **Brand:** alex pavesi **Price:** € 22.74 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Eighth Detective: A Novel Kindle Edition by alex pavesi - **How much does it cost?** € 22.74 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/202909645-the-eighth-detective-a-novel-kindle-edition) ## Best For - alex pavesi enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted alex pavesi brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Eighth Detective: A Novel Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/411TsQPx3fS.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ unique story, with 7 different mysteries *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023* enjoyed the book ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mysteries inside mysteries inside mysteries *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2022* If you like puzzle mysteries -- ones where in theory using the clues provided by the author you could solve the mystery before the detective -- you'll enjoy this innovative novel. Be aware of the slow start, which makes this seem like a book of short mysteries. But soon you'll be drawn into the mystery of why book editor Julia Hart flies from Edinburgh to a Mediterranean island to meet mathematician Grant McAllister.McAllister points out that all mysteries have to have victims, killers, suspects and detectives. But each character in a mystery story can have multiple roles: suspects can be victims, detectives can be killers and even victims can be killers -- if you're talking about suicide.This book will definitely keep you guessing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Better than Perfect at What It Tries to Do *by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020* This is a detective story that takes on, and discusses, all the possible kinds of master-detective stories there might be. It takes place in 1930, in the last decades of the Golden Age of pure deduction mystery stories, and it sneaks in allusions to Anthony Berkeley, Ellery Queen, Barnaby Ross, Agatha Christie and G. K. Chesterton, to mention only the references I noticed. The male protagonist is a mathematician who has worked out all the possible permutations of detective, victim, suspect and killer imaginable—stories, for example, where the detective is the victim (like "D.O.A.")—and, combine the four characters any way you want, this mad mathematician will try to satisfy you.All this could easily come out cold and distant, but no: the book is wonderfully well-written, with a wry sense of humor, and to that it adds a modern use of gangster cruelty and police corruption that was not at all common in the Golden Age. For example, check out this passage:"Keller had been leading a counterfeiting ring in London for many years when one of his associates had tried to take more than his fair share of the profits. Keller had bound the man's hands and feet and run him alive through an industrial meat grinder, then had taken his blood and used it as a replacement for ink, printing a hundred fake pound notes with the victim's innards. He'd given one of these to each of the men in his gang, to remind them of the price of betrayal. Inevitably, one of them had got drunk and tried to spend it."Some Amazon reviewers have been upset and complained about passages like these, and similar readers should be warned, but such characters don't come up often, and when they do, in a way we're jostled out of blaming the book for being too coolly logical.Pavesi uses the plot of Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE for one of his story-chapters, and some readers think there's a lot of Christie in the book in general. Maybe so, but the real great-granddaddy of the novel is Berkeley's THE POISONED CHOCOLATES CASE, which gives six or more solutions to its one big mystery. There are real poisoned chocolates in one of the chapter-stories that has nothing to do with Berkeley, and UNpoisoned chocolates in the chapter that derives entirely from Berkeley. Like Berkeley, Pavesi makes fun of over-solemn detective stories, and he adds some jokes at the expense of the thrills and sadism novels that replaced them.I don't see how a book like this could have been done better. It's postmodern without making you hate postmodernism, and I would have said that was impossible. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/202909645-the-eighth-detective-a-novel-kindle-edition](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/202909645-the-eighth-detective-a-novel-kindle-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*