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The Plagiarist Game
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781969770166
Publisher: Clifton Wilcox
Published: Jan 24 2026
Pages: 492
Weight: 1.44
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At Elmwood University, a brilliant graduate student is found drowned in an ornamental pond-her body arranged like a tragic work of art. In her hand is a vellum card bearing an obscure line of poetry.
Detective Maria Richards knows immediately this is no ordinary murder.
Each new crime scene is staged to mirror a classic literary tragedy.
And each death is signed with a carefully selected verse, written in elegant script, like the calling card of a scholar who kills not for chaos... but for meaning.
As Maria is drawn deeper into a world of rare texts, secret academic societies, rival scholars, and dangerous intellectual obsession, she uncovers a killer who isn't copying stories.
He's completing them.
And he believes literature has been misunderstood for centuries.
The murders escalate. The symbolism grows more precise. And the final work he's preparing is far older-and far more personal-than anyone realizes.
Because this is no longer about books.
It's about authorship.
And who deserves to write the ending.
The Plagiarist's Game is a dark, atmospheric literary thriller blending psychological suspense, hard-boiled investigation, and intellectual horror into a deadly contest where every clue is a quote... and every chapter brings the killer closer to his masterpiece.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Dark academia
- Serial killer mysteries with depth
- Psychological thrillers
- Symbolic and literary crime fiction
- Gritty, intelligent suspense
Open the book.
And discover what happens when the stories stop warning-and start deciding.
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