In a demonstration in Paris in 1961, hundreds of Algerians are killed by the police. During the demonstration, Roger Thiraud, a young history teacher, is murdered. Twenty years later, Bernard, his son, is murdered in Toulouse. To find the connection between the murders takes Inspector Cadin on an investigation into the shabby compromises of wartime politics. Winner of the 1984 Detective Fiction Prize, Murder in Memoriam is an impressive debut by the leading light of the new wave of French thriller writers.
- ISBN10 1852422068
- ISBN13 9781852422066
- Publish Date 1 January 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 July 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English