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43 Ratings

4.3

Duration
3H 38min
Language
English
Format
Category

Crime & Suspense

One of the Sunday Times 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers Since 1945

When a young girl is found brutally murdered in a Swiss mountain forest, the brilliant Inspector Matthai can't put the case behind him. Not even when a local felon is arrested. Not even once the suspect has confessed.

Matthai promises the girl's mother that he will stop at nothing to find the real killer.

Adapted into a Hollywood film, The Pledge is the chilling story of a man in desperate search of the truth. A man driven to sacrifice everything, to commit acts of cruelty and obsession in a desperate search for a killer he can't find.

© 2019 Pushkin Press (Audiobook): 9781782276432
© 2017 Pushkin Vertigo (Ebook): 9781782273509

Translators: Joel Agee

Release date

Audiobook: November 19, 2019
Ebook: January 19, 2017

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