Murder In Memoriam

Didier Daeninckx

Didier Daeninckx?s chilling novel created uproar when it was first published in France in 1984. It is set against the backdrop of a demonstration in Paris in 1961 which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Algerians at the hands of the police. In Daeninckx?s story Roger Thiraud a young history teacher is also mysteriously killed during this demonstration. Twenty years later Bernard his son is murdered in Toulouse while on holiday with his girlfriend. To find the connection between the murders Daeninckx?s hero Inspector Cadin must delve into the secret history and devastating compromises of wartime politics. Murder in Memoriam is a tense and unsettling indictment of France?s hidden past.>