Ferdinand von Schirach,Anthea Bell
The internationally bestselling courtroom drama centering on a young German lawyer and a case involving war crimes, A bestseller in Germany since its 2011 releaseâ€”with rights sold in seventeen countriesâ€”,The Collini Case ,combines the classic courtroom procedural with modern European history in a legal thriller worthy of John Grisham and Scott Turow., Fabrizio Collini is recently retired. Heâ€™s a quiet, unassuming man with no indications that heâ€™s capable of hurting anyone. And yet he brutally murders a prominent industrialist in one of Berlinâ€™s most exclusive hotels., Collini ends up in the charge of Caspar Leinen, a rookie defense lawyer eager to launch his career with a not-guilty verdict. Complications soon arise when Collini admits to the murder but refuses to give his motive, much less speak to anyone. As Leinen searches for clues he discovers a personal connection to the victim and unearths a terrible truth at the heart of Germanyâ€™s legal system that stretches back to World War II. But how much is he willing to sacrifice to expose the truth?
Fiction,Mystery,Crime,European Literature,German Literature,Mystery,Thriller,Cultural,Germany,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Roman,Novels,Contemporary
The Collini Case