The Man Who Wanted to Know

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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.

Praise for The Man Who Wanted to Know

  • Impressive! Dror Mishani writes with profound originalityA bittersweet story, with a fine twist at the end - Daily Mail, on The Missing FileAn assured debut, with a wholly unexpected resolution - Guardian, best crime novels of 2013, on The Missing FileA thoughtful character study of a good man deeply troubled by issues of innocence and guilt - New York Times, on The Missing FileCompelling . . . Mishani has published a welcome sequel - Telegraph, on A Possibility of Violence

D. A. Mishani

D. A. Mishani is a former editor of Israeli fiction and international crime literature, as well as a literary scholar specialising in the history of detective literature. He lives in Tel Aviv and writes full time.

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