A Drop of Corruption is a 2025 fantasy murder mystery novel by Robert Jackson Bennett.
It is a sequel to his 2024 novel The Tainted Cup.
Quite good — but not as good as Tainted Cup.
Dinios “Din” Kol, a gifted young engraver (with perfect memory) is Watson to the eccentric investigator Anagosa “Ana” Dolabra. An entertaining Sherlock Holmes genius.
This book is a locked room mystery.
Technology in this world is based on extracting blood from sea monsters called leviathans.
There’s an attempt made to keep leviathan marrow alive in the lab, producing blood. This is what motivated the bad guy.
His books explore politics through his fiction, often examining how societies maintain order and justice in the face of external threats and internal corruption.
Rick McCharles 