{
  "type": "book",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Book Quiver",
    "language": "en-US",
    "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "title": "The Case of the Imaginary Detective",
  "subtitle": null,
  "slug": "the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective",
  "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective",
  "json": "https://www.bookquiver.com/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.bookquiver.com/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective.md",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Karen Joy Fowler",
      "slug": "karen-joy-fowler",
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/karen-joy-fowler"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en_GB",
  "original_title": null,
  "original_language": null,
  "first_published": "2015-03-12",
  "genres": [],
  "series": [],
  "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective_978-02-4197-346-2.jpg?v=2026-04-25%2016%3A16%3A43",
  "description": "Rima Lanisell has a habit of losing things - car keys, sunglasses, lovers, family members. Following the death of Rima's father, she goes to stay with her godmother Addison, a wildly successful, albeit eccentric, mystery writer. Addison's beach house seems the place to make sense of Rima's loss, yet she is soon caught up in a mystery of her own. Who stole a small and highly valuable object from Addison's kitchen? Why is Rima corresponding with an obsessive fan, using someone else's family name? Most importantly: what exactly was the relationship between Addison and Rima's father, and why did Addison name a murderer after him in one of her novels? A funny, sad and wise literary mystery from the author of The Jane Austen Book Club .",
  "editions": [
    {
      "title": "The Case of the Imaginary Detective",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective/9780141918389",
      "publisher": "Penguin",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "ebook",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "isbn": "978-01-4191-838-9",
      "pages": null,
      "published": "2015-03-12",
      "language": "en_GB",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective_978-01-4191-838-9.jpg?v=2026-04-23%2021%3A57%3A53"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Case of the Imaginary Detective",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective/9780241973462",
      "publisher": "Penguin",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "paper",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "isbn": "978-02-4197-346-2",
      "pages": 336,
      "published": "2015-03-12",
      "language": "en_GB",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin/karen-joy-fowler/the-case-of-the-imaginary-detective_978-02-4197-346-2.jpg?v=2026-04-25%2016%3A16%3A43"
    }
  ],
  "other_languages": [],
  "characters": [],
  "chapters": []
}