The Manual of Detection

  • The Manual of Detection
    By Jedediah Berry

    In an unnamed city always slick with rain, Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at a huge, imperious detective agency. All he knows about solving mysteries comes from the reports...

  • The Manual of Detection
    The Manual of Detection
    By Jedediah Berry

    Unexpectedly promoted to detective when his predecessor goes missing and a supervisor is killed, agency clerk Charles Unwin struggles with inexperience and nerves during a case in which he encounters bizarre clues and is framed for murder.

  • The Manual of Detection: A Novel
    The Manual of Detection: A Novel
    By Jedediah Berry

    "This debut novel weaves the kind of mannered fantasy that might result if Wes Anderson were to adapt Kafka.

  • The Manual of Detection
    The Manual of Detection
    By Jedediah Berry

    The Manual of Detection defies comparison; it is a brilliantly conceived, meticulously realised novel that will change what you think about how you think.

  • The Manual of Detection
    The Manual of Detection
    By Jedediah Berry

    Unexpectedly promoted to detective when his predecessor goes missing and a supervisor is killed, agency clerk Charles Unwin struggles with inexperience and nerves during a case in which he encounters bizarre clues and is framed for murder.