The City & The City by China MievilleWhen the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borl must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange

Vincent showed promise

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make sure the skies are clear and delve in if you are ready to imagine the strange

Once romanticized as a malady of poets

Chiri is a fun-loving super cook looking for fresh adventures and ingredients

covering the new space race

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What could possibly go wrong

Marin knows exactly who’s to blame: Adrian Graves and Henry Wu

and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief

who think the only good cop is a dead cop

With newfound power and little regard for the customs she is supposed to honor