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with whom she’s teamed in earlier books by Mr. Swanson. “I want you to find him,” Lily tells Henry, “then I’ll do everything else.” Mr. Nolan reviews crime and mystery fiction for the ...

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This year’s best crime fiction runs a global gamut in settings from New York to Dublin, London to Los Angeles, Geneva to Edinburgh. There’s a metafictional murder mystery, a psychological ...