The Tainted Cup
by Robert Jackson Bennett
☆ Shortlisted for the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
The Tainted Cup is a murder mystery set in a fantastical, dystopian world, where everyone lives in fear of being crushed by sea creatures currently kept out by a wall.
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“Detective fiction is given a magical twist in Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Tainted Cup. The Edgar-winning author combines intricate world-building with a Sherlockian murder investigation to create a fantastical, richly imagined story, the first in a planned trilogy.” Read more...
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