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Graeme Macrae Burnet

    Graeme Macrae Burnet masterfully explores the darker corners of the human psyche, setting his narratives in places where mundane reality collides with unexpected malice. His prose is stark and precise, often cultivating an atmosphere of suspense and unease. He delves into the motivations of characters thrust into extreme circumstances. Burnet's work stands out for its ability to draw readers into unsettling stories with ambiguous conclusions.

    Sein blutiges Projekt
    A Case of Matricide
    Case Study
    The Accident on the A35
    The Disappearance Of Adele Bedeau
    His Bloody Project
    • 2024

      A Case of Matricide

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      In a seemingly ordinary French town, Chief Inspector Gorski confronts a series of unsettling events, including a mysterious stranger, a paranoid elderly woman, and a sudden death. As he navigates local establishments, Gorski seeks to uncover any connections while wrestling with his own personal struggles. Graeme Macrae Burnet masterfully explores the complexities of small-town life, blending dark humor with deep psychological insights, culminating in a profound and engaging conclusion to his Gorski trilogy.

      A Case of Matricide
    • 2021

      LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE 'A page-turning blast.' Times 'Genuinely affecting ... a very funny book.' Guardian 'Burstingly alive and engaging.' Telegraph FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED HIS BLOODY PROJECT. 'I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger.' London, 1965. An unworldly young woman suspects charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite of involvement in a death in her family. Determined to find out more, she becomes a client of his under a false identity. But she soon finds herself drawn into a world in which she can no longer be certain of anything. In Case Study, Graeme Macrae Burnet presents both sides: the woman's notes and the life of Collins Braithwaite. The result is a dazzling, page-turning and wickedly humorous meditation on the nature of sanity, identity and truth itself, by one of the most inventive novelists writing today.

      Case Study
    • 2017

      There does not appear to be anything remarkable about the fatal car crash on the A35. But one question dogs Inspector Georges Gorski: where has the victim, an outwardly austere lawyer, been on the night of his death? The troubled Gorski finds himself drawn into a mystery that takes him behind the respectable veneer of a sleepy French backwater.

      The Accident on the A35
    • 2015

      His Bloody Project

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.9(24681)Add rating

      A brutal triple murder in a remote northwestern crofting community in 1869 leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. There.s no question that Macrae is guilty, but the police and courts must uncover what drove him to murder the local village constable. And who were the other two victims? Ultimately, Macrae.s fate hinges on one key question: is he insane? ?A story ingeniously recounted through the accused.s memoir, trial transcripts and newspaper reports, His Bloody Project is a riveting literary thriller that will appeal to fans of Hannah Kent.s Buria

      His Bloody Project
    • 2014

      The Disappearance Of Adele Bedeau

      • 244 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.9(216)Add rating

      Manfred Baumann is a loner who spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adele Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. But one day, she simply vanishes. When Detective Georges Gorski begins investigating the case, Manfred's repressed world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past.

      The Disappearance Of Adele Bedeau