Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway

When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt''s musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco''s Mission District, the police are convinced it''s a simple robbery.But, as Claire knows, nothing is ever simple. With the help of her new assistant Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding possible leads to Paul''s fate in other cases - a long-ago missing girl and a modern-day miniature horse theft in Marin. As visions of the past reveal the secrets of the present, Claire begins to understand the words of the enigmatic French detective Jacques Silette: ''The detective won''t know what he is capable of until he encounters a mystery that pierces his own heart.''Just as City of the Dead was acclaimed for its unique heroine and powerful atmosphere - ''mesmeric ... unlike any other crime novel you''ll read this year'' (Guardian) and ''the most unusual , intelligent thriller I''ve read for years (Sophie Hannah) -Claire DeWitt and The Bohemian Highway is an extraordinarily powerful and moving mystery novel from a rare talent.