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The Missing File: An Inspector Avraham Avraham Novel
D. A. Mishani
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Description for The Missing File: An Inspector Avraham Avraham Novel
Paperback. Groundbreaking. Heartbreaking. Boundary breaking. The first Israeli detective novel to take the West by storm is just the beginning for DI Avraham.. Translator(s): Cohen, Steven, MD. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
*The Missing File has now been adapted for television in a new series called The Calling out in November 2022*
A sixteen-year-old boy is missing in a Tel Aviv suburb. His mother is worried. Inspector Avraham Avraham is not. It is unheard of for children to vanish in this city. But the boy has disappeared without trace. The parents are wretched, the neighbourhood suspicious; the boy's tutor harbours a secret. Avraham's only answer is so unthinkable, it will take all his courage to face.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780876511
SKU
V9781780876511
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99-50
About D. A. Mishani
Dror A. Mishani is an international bestselling crime writer, screenwriter and literary scholar, specializing in the history of crime fiction. His bestselling Inspector Avraham series (The Missing File, A Possibility of Violence, The Man Who Wanted to Know) was translated into more than 20 languages. They were shortlisted for the CWA international dagger award and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policlière and won the prestigious Martin Beck award for best crime novel translated to Swedish and the Grand Prix du meilleur Polar de lecteurs de Points. A successful French cine movie (Fleuve Noire) and an Israeli TV series based on the Inspector Avraham series were released in 2018/2019. A TV adaptation of The Missing File is in development with major American writer/producer David E. Kelley and NBCUniversal for Peacock. His stand alone thriller Three was again an international bestseller, received the Prix Mystère de la Critique and is longlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger. An English language TV adaptation of Three is in development with Keshet International. Conviction is shortlisted for Israel's most prestigious literary award, the Sapir Prize.
Reviews for The Missing File: An Inspector Avraham Avraham Novel
'A wonderfully satisfying detective mystery, with a heartbreaking finale. A tense, gripping page-turner that I devoured in two days' S.J. Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep.
S.J. Watson
'An assured debut, with a wholly unexpected resolution' Guardian, best crime and thrillers of 2013.
Guardian
'Marks the start of what could become a fine series of detective novels, centred on a striking detective - the lugubrious, self-doubting Inspector' Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
'Impressive! D.A. Mishani writes with profound originality and his main character is a quite remarkable man on the stage where detectives dance. Once again: impressive!' Henning Mankell.
Henning Mankell
S.J. Watson
'An assured debut, with a wholly unexpected resolution' Guardian, best crime and thrillers of 2013.
Guardian
'Marks the start of what could become a fine series of detective novels, centred on a striking detective - the lugubrious, self-doubting Inspector' Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
'Impressive! D.A. Mishani writes with profound originality and his main character is a quite remarkable man on the stage where detectives dance. Once again: impressive!' Henning Mankell.
Henning Mankell