THRILLER OF THE WEEK
The Accident On The A35 Graeme Macrae Burnet Contraband €18.99
A twisting tale of death and deception set in small-town France in the Eighties. After lawyer Bertrand Barthelme dies in a car crash, it transpires that he wasn’t quite the respectable pillar of the community he appeared to be. This is a wonderfully observed work, with all the virtues of its acknowledged inspiration – the novels of the great Georges Simenon.