Title:
The disappearance of Adèle Bedeau : a historical thriller / by Raymond Brunet ; translated and with an afterword by Graeme Macrae Burnet.
ISBN:
9781510723092
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Edition:
First Arcade Publishing edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Arcade Publishing, 2017.
©2014
Physical Description:
225 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
Raymond Brunet is the fictitious author of the fictitious French-language work "Un affair de matricide", of which "A case of matricide" is presented as an English-language translation; the real author is Graeme Macrae Burnet, identified on the title page as the translator and writer of the introduction as a literary device.
"First published 2014 in the UK by Contraband, an imprint of Saraband"--Title page verso.
Summary:
"From the author of the Man Booker Prize Finalist, His Bloody Project comes a haunting literary mystery and engrossing psychological thriller"-- Provided by publisher.
Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, Manfred Baumann spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. One day she vanishes into thin air. Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl's disappearance. He sets his sights on Manfred-- and the murderous secrets of Manfred's past begin to catch up with him.
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OCLC Number:
ocn973918436
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