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The Death of the Detective

A Novel

by Mark Smith

600 pages · 2007

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A madman is on the loose in Chicago. Alone and on the verge of psychic collapse, Detective Arnold Magnuson follows clues in murder's wake through the city of society clubs and nightclubs, small-time hoods and big-time Mafia. Through subtle interrogations, split-second lies, and improvised stories, the detective moves ever closer to a culprit who begins to seem alarmingly familiar.

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