![]() The novels by the likes of Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø and Jussi Adler-Olsen are routinely translated into dozens of languages and sell by the millions. Crime fiction, specifically a murder mystery featuring a detective, counts as among the most popular genres for readers of all ages and backgrounds. The novel's rousing success is understandable. The above are the first lines in Zoran Živković's The Last Book, by far the author's best-selling novel to date - 20,000 copies have sold in Italy alone, nothing short of a monumental achievement for a literary author whose sales are usually much more modest. She called the police as well as an ambulance." ![]() ![]() No one had yet lost their life in her store. ![]() But the owner of the Papyrus Bookstore panicked. "Nothing about the death seemed violent, so there was no reason for an investigation. She called the police as well as an ambulance." The above are the first lines in Zoran Živković's The Last Book, by far the author's best-selling novel to date - 20,000 copies have sold in Italy alone, nothing short of a monumental achievement for a literary author whose sales are usually much more modest. The extraordinary denouement reveals hidden truths about the clash of realities and the awesome power of the creative imagination.more Is a literary madman on the loose, murdering readers according to the method laid down in The Name of the Rose? In a final race against time, Inspector Lukic must discover the secret of the Last Book and the reason why he feels as though he has already read everything that is happening to him. Here he meets the attractive owner, Vera Gavrilovic, and learns that the only thing the victims have in common is that in the moments before their deaths they were reading an elusive and unidentified volume - the Last Book.Īs the plot thickens and the seemingly causeless deaths multiply, the National Security Agency, a secret apocalyptic sect and an exotic teashop become involved, while Dejan and Vera's growing attachment is threatened by nightmares and ever-encroaching danger. As the plot thickens and th A series of mysterious deaths in the Papyrus Bookstore brings literature-loving police inspector Dejan Lukic to investigate. Here he meets the attractive owner, Vera Gavrilovic, and learns that the only thing the victims have in common is that in the moments before their deaths they were reading an elusive and unidentified volume - the Last Book. ![]() A series of mysterious deaths in the Papyrus Bookstore brings literature-loving police inspector Dejan Lukic to investigate. ![]()
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