Inspector Cutter Mystery, an The Naming of the Birds, (Paperback)

<b><b>A Best Mystery/Thriller of 2025 from NPR <p>The next installment of the "thrilling gothic mystery" (<i>TIME</i>) series, following the acclaimed bestseller <i>The House on Vesper Sands</i>, arrives in full force as Inspector Cutter and Sergeant Bliss solve their strangest and most personal case yet. </p></b></b><p><b><b></b></b>Something is troubling Inspector Henry Cutter. Sergeant Gideon Bliss is accustomed to his ill-tempered outbursts, but lately the inspector has grown silent and withdrawn. </p><p>Then, the murders begin. The first to die is the elderly Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but obscure civil servant who long ago retired to tend his orchids. If the motive for his killing is a mystery, the manner of his death is more bewildering still. The victims that follow suffer similar fates, their deaths gruesome but immaculately orchestrated. The murderer comes and goes like a ghost, leaving only carefully considered traces. As the hunt for this implacable adversary mounts, the inspector's gloom deepens, and to Sergeant Bliss, his methods seem as mystifying as the crimes themselves. </p><p>Why is he digging through dusty archives while the murderer stalks further victims? And as hints of past wrongdoing emerge--and with them the faint promise of a motive--why does Cutter seem haunted by some long-ago failing of his own? </p><p>To find the answers, the meek and hapless sergeant must step out of the inspector's shadow. Aided by Octavia Hillingdon, a steely and resourceful journalist, Bliss will uncover truths that test his deepest beliefs. </p><p>Hypnotic and twisty, Paraic O'Donnell's <i>The Naming of the Birds</i> will ensnare you until the final pages and leave you questioning what matters most--solving a case or serving justice.</p>

• Inspector Cutter Mystery, an The Naming of the Birds, (Paperback)
• Author: Paraic O'Donnell
• ISBN: 9781638934721
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-08-25
• Page Count: 336