ON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 1993, WHILE JEAN CLAUDE ROMAND WAS KILLING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, I WAS WITH MINE IN A PARENT-TEACHER MEETING...With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense Emmanuel Carrere begins his exploration of the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.
"As a writer, Carrere is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away...You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it". (Junot Diaz).
"Mesmerising". (Sunday Telegraph).
"Stunning". (Evening Standard).
"Unputdownable'. (Washington Post).
"A masterpiece". (New York Magazine).
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