The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau

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.

'Burnet skilfully knits together a solid detective story and a compelling character study to make a captivating psychological thriller …' -- The Herald
'One of the best debuts from a Scottish writer ...' -- The National
'A strikingly singular talent, Burnet blends a gripping story with compelling characters and surprising sweeps of the imagination. This is an accomplished, elegantly written and exciting first novel.' -- BookTrust

Graeme Macrae Burnet is the author of the 'fiendishly readable' His Bloody Project, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize and the LA Times Book Awards. It won the Saltire Prize for Fiction and has been published to great acclaim in twenty languages around the world.His latest novel, Case Study has been longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Ned Kelly International Crime Prize and longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Hannah Kent (Burial Rites) has called it 'a novel of mind-bending brilliance.'He is also the author of The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau and The Accident on the A35 both set in the unremarkable town of Saint-Louis in the Alsace and featuring the downtrodden Inspector Georges Gorski. Born to French and Italian parents, Geoffrey grew up in Manchester and graduated from Drama Centre London. An actor and director, he has appeared on television shows such as The Good Ship Murder, The Couple Next Door and The Crown. Geoffrey has also leant his voice to audio dramas such as Absolution, and video games like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. He is currently the narrator for Graeme Macrae Burnet’s Georges Gorski series.

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