Word: matthes
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...woods near her native village, all the clues point to Gunten, a peddler with an unsavory reputation. When, under third degree, he confesses to the murder and then commits suicide in his cell, the local chief of police and everyone else consider the case closed-all except Inspector Matthäi, who is sure the murderer is still at large. A childish school drawing made by Gritli before her death gives him the clue he needs, and he goes to work-alone, since the other cops will not help. When he is dropped from the force, Matthäi opens...
...Duerrenmatt turns his plot so neatly that he cannot help licking his chops over it. His final ironic twist is both fiendish and plausible, but he leads up to it in a sententious, preachy chapter. And the carefully spelled-out fact that selflessness and faith were the road to Matthäi's breakdown creates an atmosphere of intense depression. But none of these shortcomings can really harm an unconventional and psychologically ingenious mystery story...
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