The Pledge - Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
- Pages · 160 pages
- Publication Date · 30/07/2026
- Genre · Fiction in translation
'A book everybody should read' Jonathan Coe
'Powerful and compelling' Sunday Times Crime Club
'Jaw-dropping' Crime Review
'As terse and assured as the best of Simenon' Spectator
The brilliant Inspector Matth�i is haunted by the case of a young girl brutally murdered in a Swiss mountain forest. Even after a man is arrested and confesses to the crime, Matth�i is convinced the real killer is still out there. He makes a promise to the girl's mother: he will stop at nothing to bring the murderer to justice.
But Matth�i's pledge becomes an obsession, and soon he finds he is descending into the darkness himself...
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