A Wall Street Journal Best Mystery of 2018
A GUARDIAN BEST CRIME BOOK AND THRILLER FOR 2017
Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for 2018

The Accident on the A35 returns to the scene of Burnet's accomplished first novel, The Disappearance of Ad le Bedeau: the small French town of Saint-Louis. Detective Gorski is called away from his night of solitary drinking to the site of a car accident that left Bertrand Barthelme, a respected solicitor, dead. When the deceased's rather attractive wife suggests that the crash may not have been an accident, Gorski looks closer into Barthelme's circumspect movements on the night of his death. His investigation leads him to various bars, hotels, and brothels in the nearby city of Strasbourg. At the same time, Barthelme's rebellious son, drunk on Jean Paul Sartre novels, is conducting an investigation of his own. Their independent, dual inquiries lead the reader down a twisted road marked by seedy back rooms, bar brawls, a moment of accidental incest, and--as we have come to expect from Burnet--copious amounts of wine.

The Accident on the A35 is a darkly humorous, subtle, and sophisticated novel that burrows into the psyches of its characters and explores the dark corners of life in a sleepy town.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: 10/30/2018
ISBN: 9781628729832
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 47