better than Clancy or Grisham - mystery debuts of 2004
Discover 2004's best mystery debuts that rival Clancy and Grisham—from Jilliane Hoffman's legal thriller *Retribution* to *Cloud Atlas* and *The Intelligencer*.
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Cloud Atlas
by David Stephen Mitchell
Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to a young man who searches for meaning in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Retribution
by Jilliane Hoffman
An elite prosecutor faces the most lethal predator she's ever encountered, in this debut novel inspired by the author's own experiences as an Assistant State Attorney in Florida.
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The Intelligencer
by Leslie Silbert
Novice private investigator Kate Morgan teams up with a European financier who is investigating a centuries-old manuscript that documents the final days of an Elizabethan-era murder victim.
