# The Pledge

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- Authors: [Friedrich Dürrenmatt](https://www.bookquiver.com/friedrich-durrenmatt)
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- ISBN: 978-18-0533-644-0
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2026-07-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'A book everybody should read' Jonathan Coe'Powerful and compelling' Sunday Times Crime Club'Jaw-dropping' Crime Review'As terse and assured as the best of Simenon' SpectatorThe brilliant Inspector Matthäi is haunted by the case of a young girl brutally murdered in a Swiss mountain forest. Even after a man is arrested and confesses to the crime, Matthäi is convinced the real killer is still out there. He makes a promise to the girl's mother: he will stop at nothing to bring the murderer to justice. But Matthäi's pledge becomes an obsession, and soon he finds he is descending into the darkness himself...