Description
Product ID: | 9781908643605 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Disappearance Of Adele Bedeau |
Authors: | Author: Graeme Macrae Burnet |
Page Count: | 252 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
Description: | Select Guide 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. "A captivating psychological thriller" – Herald.Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he 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. But one day, she simply vanishes into thin air. When 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, Manfred’s repressed world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past.The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau is a literary mystery novel that is, at heart, an engrossing psychological portrayal of an outsider pushed to the limit by his own feverish imagination. |
Imprint Name: | Contraband |
Publisher Name: | Saraband |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-07-17 |