The Tainted Cup
by Robert Jackson Bennett · 2024
Mystery & Thriller · ranked #17 in category
Winner · The Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2025Winner · The World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, 2025
In an empire defended from monstrous leviathans by genetically and magically altered humans, investigator Ana Dolabra and her assistant Dinios Kol are called to solve the murder of an imperial officer killed by a tree that grew through his body overnight. Bennett's Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning novel combines fantasy worldbuilding with a genuine Holmes-and-Watson detective dynamic and a richly imagined bureaucratic empire.
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