The Accident on the A35

`Graeme Macrae Burnet creates true noir in the mysterious, funny and intelligent The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau.' * The List, Top Scottish Books of the Year *
`It's a long time since I read a police procedural (more or less) that was so gripping and intelligent.' * Philip Pullman, Guardian, Best Summer Holiday Reads 2018 *
`Gripping, blackly playful and intelligent.' * The Times, on His Bloody Project *
`Riveting, dark and ingeniously constructed.' * Sunday Times, on His Bloody Project *
`Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let you go.' * Guardian, on His Bloody Project *
`Transporting and deliciously frustrating.' * Hannah Kent, on His Bloody Project *
`Intriguing.' * Herald Sun *
`Briskly written within an unobtrusive literary frame, this seductive novel works on multiple levels.' * Age *
`With its deft writing and well-rounded characters, this novel is an accomplished and atmospheric police procedural that frequently strays into classic noir badlands.' * Qantas Magazine *
`This engrossing literary thriller combines a page-turning crime story with a deeper meditation on life and existence that delves beyond the respectable veneer of a provincial French town and the mundane lives of its inhabitants...A rewarding read.' * Good Reading *
`Fans of Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret novels will find and enjoy familiar ground in The Accident on the A35, the second in a trilogy of French detective novels by Scottish writer Graeme Macrae Burnet.' * Otago Daily Times *