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An Exaggerated Murder
An Exaggerated Murder: A Novel | Josh Cook
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How can you solve a murder when the clues are so dumb? Private investigator Trike Augustine may be a brainiac with deductive skills to rival Sherlock Holmes, but theyre not doing him any good at solving the case of a missing gazzilionaire because the clues are so stupefyinglywell, stupid. Meanwhile, his sidekicksMax the former FBI agent and Lola the artistdont quite rise to the level of Dr. Watson, either. For example, when a large, dead pig turns up on Trikes floor in the middle of the night, none of them can figure out what it means. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking as the astronomical reward being offered diminishes drastically every day. That, plus the increasing reality that their own lives are in danger, lift this astonishing debut beyond its hilarious premisea smart man befuddled by the idioticand turns it into something more than just a smart homage to Sherlock (with maybe a touch of early Jonathan Lethem thrown in). It becomes a compelling and compulsive thriller . . . with the added bonus that the prose is often as breathtaking as the tale.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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My cousins are nerdy collectors so I set them up with a "certified mint in box" copy of my book that they put in a shadow box in the study. Not pictured: the signed playbill from a Night with William Shatner on the same wall to the left.

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Received a mysterious package today from Trike Augustine. Perhaps they are clues about a new case...

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