The Disappearance of Ad鑞e Bedeau: An Inspector Gorski Investigation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781510723092)

A stylish, atmospheric mystery with a startling twist . . . satisfies like Simenon and surprises like Ruth Rendell. I can't give it any higher praise.--NPR
Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Ad鑞e Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. One day, she simply vanishes into thin air and 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.
As Manfred cowers beneath Gorski's watchful eye, the murderous secrets of his past begin to catch up with him and his carefully crafted veneer of normalcy falters. His booze-soaked unraveling carries him from Saint-Louis to the back alleys of Strasbourg. Graeme Macrae Burnet's masterful play on literary form featuring an unreliable narrator makes for a grimly entertaining psychological thriller that questions if it is possible, or even desirable, to know another man's mind.

Author: Graeme MacRae Burnet
ISBN-10: 1510723099
ISBN-13: 9781510723092
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2017
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/07/2017
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2017
Library Journal 10/01/2017 pg. 65