{"product_id":"the-pledge-by-friedrich-durrenmatt-9781805336440","title":"The Pledge","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mysterious and unbearably tense tale of a detective's obsessive pursuit of a child murderer, from one of the post-war era's greatest writers in German.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatthai promises the girl's mother that he will stop at nothing to find the real killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted into a Hollywood film, \u003cem\u003eThe Pledge\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist, most famous for his plays \u003cem\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Physicists\u003c\/em\u003e, which earned him a reputation as one of the greatest playwrights in the German language. He also wrote four highly regarded crime novels - \u003cem\u003eThe Pledge\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Judge and His Hangman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Execution of Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, all of which will be published by Pushkin Vertigo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48318071996652,"sku":"9781805336440","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-pledge-by-friedrich-durrenmatt-9781805336440","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}