Karolina and the Torn Curtain

Karolina and the Torn Curtain - Paperback

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Karolina and the Torn Curtain - Paperback

Karolina and the Torn Curtain - Paperback

by Maryla Szymiczkowa , Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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by Maryla Szymiczkowa (Author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

"An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime" (Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate): when amateur sleuth and cunning socialite Zofia Turbotyńska's beloved maid goes missing, she dives deep into Cracow's web of crime, with only her trusted cook for company.

Cracow, 1895. Zofia and her maid Franciszka have their hands full organizing Easter festivities, especially with the household short one servant--where has the capable Karolina disappeared to?

Shortly after, Zofia hears that the body of a young woman, violated and stabbed, has washed up on a bank of the River Vistula. Domestic work can wait--Zofia must go investigate. Shockingly, the body turns out to be none other than Karolina. Working with the police, Zofia's investigations take her deep into the city's underbelly--a far cry from the socialite's Cracow she's familiar with. Desperate to unearth what happened to Karolina, though, she pushes her prejudice aside, immersing herself among prostitutes, gangsters, and duplicitous politicians to unravel a twisted tale of love and deceit.

"Written with abundant wit and flair,"* Cracow's finest, and most iconoclastic, amateur sleuth returns in a highly politicized feminist murder mystery.
*Kirkus Reviews

Author Biography

MARYLA SZYMICZKOWA is a pseudonym for partners Jacek Dehnel and Piotr Tarczyński. Dehnel is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Lala, Saturn, and Aperture. Tarczyński is a translator and historia

Number of Pages: 416
Dimensions: 1.2 x 8 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: March 23, 2021
ISBN9780358157571
Author Maryla Szymiczkowa , Antonia Lloyd-Jones
PublisherHarpervia
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages416
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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