Murder in Memoriam

<strong>Murder in Memoriam</strong> is the kind of book that begins to restore onesconfidence in the detective story.Nick HornbySet against the backdrop of a de... » 

Murder in Memoriam is the kind of book that begins to restore onesconfidence in the detective story.Nick HornbySet against the backdrop of a demonstration in Paris in 1961 in which hundredsof Algerians died Didier Daeninckxs chilling novel created uproar when firstpublished in France in 1984. Roger Thiraud a young history teacher is killedduring the demonstration. Twenty years later his son is murdered in Toulouse.To find the connection between the murders Inspector Cadin must delve into thesecret history and devastating compromises of wartime politics. Murder inMemoriam is a tense and unsettling indictment of Frances racist past.Born in 1949 Didier Daeninckx lives in Paris. Recognized as Frances leadingleftwing mystery writer his work is translated into all European languages. «