London, 1816. A mysterious criminal mastermind known as John Devil challenges the detective powers of Scotland Yard's chief superintendent Gregory Temple. A true literary event ; this is the first time in fiction that the term "detective" was used.
JOHN DEVIL, written in 1863, is the first procedural thriller in the history of modern literature.
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