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Detailed explanation-1: -Graeme Macrae Burnet He is best known for his dazzling Booker-shortlisted second novel, His Bloody Project. Graeme is also the author of two French-set detective novels: The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau (2014) and The Accident on the A35 (2017).

Detailed explanation-2: -Told through a number of often-contradictory perspectives, the novel deals with the nature of free will, the origins of criminal behavior, and social inequality. His Bloody Project has received several awards and, in 2016, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Detailed explanation-3: -His Bloody Project, by Graeme Macrae Burnet, tells the story of three brutal murders in a remote community of the Scottish Highlands in 1869. A young man by the name of Roderick Macrae is arrested and stands trial for the crimes. He readily admits that he carried out the attacks but shows no remorse.

Detailed explanation-4: -The story of what led to the deaths and the trial of Roddy Macrae is told in vivid detail by Graeme Macrae Burnet in his Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel His Bloody Project. The village of Culduie is real and so are many of the characters in the novel but the tale told by Burnet is a fiction.