Where the Dead Lay
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"Where the Dead Lay" is a hard-boiled crime thriller novel by David Levien featuring private investigator Frank Behr as he delves into a violent criminal underworld in Indianapolis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Where the Dead Lay canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8669547 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Where the Dead Lay Context triple: [David Levien, notableWork, Where the Dead Lay]
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A.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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B.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
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C.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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D.
Rain on the Dead
"Rain on the Dead" is a modern thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes counterterrorism plot.
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E.
Die Kinder der Toten
Die Kinder der Toten is a sprawling, experimental horror-epic novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that confronts Austria’s repressed Nazi past through grotesque, postmodern storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Where the Dead Lay Target entity description: "Where the Dead Lay" is a hard-boiled crime thriller novel by David Levien featuring private investigator Frank Behr as he delves into a violent criminal underworld in Indianapolis.
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A.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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B.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
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C.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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D.
Rain on the Dead
"Rain on the Dead" is a modern thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes counterterrorism plot.
-
E.
Die Kinder der Toten
Die Kinder der Toten is a sprawling, experimental horror-epic novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that confronts Austria’s repressed Nazi past through grotesque, postmodern storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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hard-boiled detective fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | David Levien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacterOccupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| featuresCity | Indianapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | City of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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hard-boiled ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
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moral ambiguity ⓘ organized crime ⓘ urban violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
gritty
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hard-boiled ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Frank Behr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Frank Behr series ⓘ |
| protagonist | Frank Behr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Indianapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Where the Dead Lay Description of subject: "Where the Dead Lay" is a hard-boiled crime thriller novel by David Levien featuring private investigator Frank Behr as he delves into a violent criminal underworld in Indianapolis.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.