De Pruimelaarstraat

Based on three real killings of women in a small Flemish village around 1970, which Flanders has never forgotten, the novel lets a rotating cast speak: fifteen neighbours, the village doctor, the curate and the local constable. Each responds in his or her own way to what has been uncovered, with shock, sorrow, rage, a sense of guilt or dread. Press cuttings and trial papers break up their voices, and the round of witnesses comes back two years on, once the case has gone to court.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

371 pages in the original

Genres

Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

Belgium, 1970s

First published

2006 by Houtekiet

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9789052408859 (original)