# By the Pricking of Her Thumb

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- Authors: [Robertski Brothers](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-roberts)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-152-9
- Published: 2018-08-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Private Investigator Alma is caught up in another impossible murder. One of the world's four richest people may be dead - but nobody is sure which one. Hired to discover the truth behind the increasingly bizarre behaviour of the ultra-rich, Alma must juggle treating her terminally ill lover with a case which may not have a victim. Inspired by the films of Kubrick, this stand-alone novel returns to the near-future of THE REAL-TOWN MURDERS, and puts Alma on a path to a world she can barely understand. Witty, moving and with a mystery deep at its heart, this novel again shows Adam Roberts' mastery of the form.