The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau
Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and ill at ease, he spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. But one day, she vanishes into thin air. When Detective Georges Gorski begins investigating her 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 effortlessly conjures up an otherworldly atmosphere that simultaneously intrigues and unsettles. A compelling psychological portrayal of a peculiar outsider pushed to the limit by his own feverish imagination, it is by turns haunting, strange and mesmeric. In this new tenth anniversary edition of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s acclaimed debut, the metafictional “translator’s note” is positioned as a foreword, in line with the author’s original idea for this magnificent trilogy of literary mysteries.
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