Book description
From one of Europe's bestselling writers comes a spellbinding and
utterly compelling court room drama, which will stay with you for a
long time. Ferdinand von Schirach's The Collini Case has been
at the top of the German charts since publication and will be loved by
all fans of Bernhard Schlink and John le Carr .
A murder. A murderer. No motif.
For thirty-four years Fabrizio Collini has worked diligently for
Mercedes Benz. He is a quiet and respectable person until the day he
visits one of Berlin's most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man.
Young attorney Caspar Leinen takes the case. Getting Collini a
not-guilty verdict would make his name. But too late he discovers that
Collini's victim - an industrialist of some renown - is known to him.
Now Leinen is caught in a professional and personal dilemma. Collini
admits the murder but won't say why he did it, forcing Leinen to
defend a man who won't put up a defence. And worse, a close friend and
relation of the victim insists that he give up the case. His
reputation, his career and this friendship are all at risk.
Then he makes a discovery that goes way beyond his own petty
concerns and exposes a terrible and deadly truth at the heart of
German justice . . .
The Collini Case is a masterful court room drama that will
have readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
'A magnificent storyteller' Der Spiegel
'A murder trial full of political explosiveness: thrilling, clever,
staggering' Focus
'Terrific' Elle
'Ferdinand von Schirach brilliantly draws you under his spell' Bunte
Ferdinand von Schirach was born in Munich in 1964. Today he works as
one of Germany's most prominent defence lawyers in Berlin. His short
story collections Crime and Guilt became instant
bestsellers in Germany and are translated in over thirty territories.
Ferdinand von Schirach was born in Munich in 1964. Today he works as
one of Germany's most prominent defence lawyers in Berlin. His short
story collections
Crime
and
Guilt
became instant bestsellers in Germany and are translated in over thirty
territories.
