His Bloody Project

Graeme Macrae Burnet, Antony Ferguson


Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
3.89 · 28 ratings · 264 pages · Published: 05 Nov 2015

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet, Antony Ferguson
In 1869, a brutal triple murder in the remote Wester Ross village of Culduie leads to the arrest of a seventeen-year-old crofter, Roderick Macrae. There is no question of Macrae’s guilt, but it falls to the country’s most eminent legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to his bloody deeds. Ultimately, the young man’s fate hinges on one key question: is he insane?

The story ingeniously unfolds through a series of found documents, including police statements; the accused’s prison memoir; the account of renowned psychiatrist, J. Bruce Thomson; and a report of the trial, compiled from contemporary newspapers.

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