<b>By the author of the international Number One bestsellers <i>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</i> and <i>THE WAGER</i></b><br><br> ‘Chilling . . . Poignant . . . Haunting and gripping . . . gets into worlds that are otherwise invisible to us’<br><b><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><b>A Polish detective tries to determine whether an author planted clues to a real murder in his post-modern novel</b><br><br><b>An arson investigator races to prove whether a man about to be executed is innocent</b><br><br><b>Scientists stalk a sea monster …</b><br><br> In this engrossing collection, David Grann sets out to unravel the truth of twelve great, real-life mysteries.<br><br> Each of these mesmerising stories is true; the protagonists are mortal and pieces of the puzzle often elude them. Some of the characters are driven by deception and murder. Others go mad.<br><br> After all, as Holmes puts it, ‘Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.’