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His bloody project : documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae: a historical thriller / edited and introduced by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The year is 1869. After a brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands, a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae is arrested for the crime. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but the police and the courts must decide what drove him to murder the local village constable. And why did he kill his other two victims? Was he insane? Or was this the act of a man in possession of his senses? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between the killer and the gallows at Inverness. In this compelling and original novel, using the words of the accused, personal testimony, transcripts from the trial and newspaper reports, Graeme Macrae Burnet tells a moving story about the provisional nature of the truth, even when the facts are plain.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781510719217
- Physical Description: 290 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing ; 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015.
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| General Note: | "Finalist The Man Booker Prize 2016." --cover "Originally published: Contraband Publishing in 2015". --verso page. |
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| Subject: | Trials (Murder) > Fiction. Murder > Psychological aspects > Fiction. Murderers > Psychological aspects > Fiction. Crofters > Scotland > Highlands > Fiction. Highlands (Scotland) > History > 19th century > Fiction. Scotland > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. Historical fiction. Suspense fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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