The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau

From the author of the Man Booker short-listed His Bloody Project, this literary mystery explores the life of Manfred Baumann, a socially awkward loner who observes a waitress in a small French town before she suddenly vanishes. When detective Georges Gorski begins investigating, Manfred's repressed past is stirred, leading to a deep psychological examination of an outsider pushed to his limits. The novel offers an engrossing portrait of obsession and secret worlds amid a compelling disappearance.