British journalist Iain Pears' best-selling murder mystery, set in 17 th century England, is compared to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose . Pears uses the thriller as an occasion to wax philosophical, meditating on scientific method and political liberalism.
Iain Pears' murder mystery features philosophical, scientific and political liberalism elements.
Umberto Eco is the author of the best-selling murder mystery.