Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel sinceMotherless Brooklyn“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” —Washington PostPhoebe Sieglerfirst meetsCharles Heistina shabby trailer on the eastern edge ofLos Angeles. She’s looking for her friend’s missing daughter,Arabella, & hiresHeistto help. A laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer,Heistintrigues the sarcastic & garrulousPhoebe. Reluctantly, he agrees to help. The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desert-dwelling vagabonds & find thatArabellais in serious trouble—caught in the middle of a violent standoff that onlyHeist, mysteriously, can end.Phoebe’strip to the desert was always going to be strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous. . . .Jonathan Lethem’sfirst detective novel sinceMotherless Brooklyn,The Feral Detectiveis a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers.°°°Jonathan Lethemis the bestselling author of twelve novels, includingThe Arrest,The Feral Detective,The Fortress of Solitude, &Motherless Brooklyn, winner of theNational Book Critics Circle Award. He currently teaches creative writing at Pomona College inCalifornia.