His bloody project : documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae : a historical thriller / edited and introduced by Graeme Macrae Burnet.
Publication details: New York : Skyhorse Publishing ; 2016.Description: 290 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781628728309 (2017 Arcade Pub. trade pbk.)
- 9781510719217 (hc.)
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"A brutal triple murder in a remote Scottish farming community in 1869 leads to the arrest of seventeen-year-old Roderick Macrae. There is no question that Macrae committed this terrible act. What would lead such a shy and intelligent boy down this bloody path? And will he hang for his crime? Presented as a collection of documents discovered by the author, His Bloody Project opens with a series of police statements taken from the villagers of Culdie, Ross-shire. They offer conflicting impressions of the accused; one interviewee recalls Macrae as a gentle and quiet child, while another details him as evil and wicked. Chief among the papers is Roderick Macrae<U+2019>s own memoirs where he outlines the series of events leading up to the murder in eloquent and affectless prose. There follow medical reports, psychological evaluations, a courtroom transcript from the trial, and other documents that throw both Macrae<U+2019>s motive and his sanity into question. Graeme Macrae Burnet<U+2019>s multilayered narrative--centered around an unreliable narrator--will keep the reader guessing to the very end. His Bloody Project is a deeply imagined crime novel that is both thrilling and luridly entertaining from an exceptional new voice."--From publisher.
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