{"product_id":"9781510723092","title":"The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau: A Historical Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManfred 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. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061806317808,"sku":"9781510723092","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781510723092_p0.jpg?v=1763722832","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781510723092","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}