Crime & detection · novel
The Name of the Rose
William of Baskerville investigates a series of deaths in a medieval Italian monastery with an extraordinary library. Clues, concealed knowledge and disputes over faith and power make the investigation both a detective puzzle and a philosophical mystery.
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