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Name: His Bloody Project

Full title: His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
Author: Graeme Macrae Burnet
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Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Thriller, True crime

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A triple murder in a remote northwestern farming community in 1869 leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. There's no question that Macrae is guilty, but the police and courts must uncover what drove him to murder the local village constable and his two children. The book starts with the account of the accused killer who gives us the events leading up to the murders from his jail cell. The book then offers the fictional opinion of a medical doctor and psychologist on the questionable sanity of Roderick Macrae. The last third of the book is a courtroom transcript that reveals the full truth of the events that left three dead. Burnet has created a fascinating unreliable narrator in this historical revenge tragedy and courtroom drama.
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