A CASE OF MATRICIDE

A Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talent of the highest order few writers can rival Burnet The SpectatorChief Inspector Gorski returns In the unremarkable French town of Saint Louis a mysterious stranger stalks the streets an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her a prominent manufacturer drops dead Between visits to the town s hostelries Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections if any between these events while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons Graeme Macrae Burnet once again pierces the respectable bourgeois façade of small town life in this the concluding part of his trilogy of Gorski novels He injects a wry humour into the tiniest of details and delves into the darkest recesses of his characters minds but above all provides an entertaining profound and moving read