Arvostettu ja ystävällinen mies, lääketieteen tohtori, tappaa vaimonsa kirveellä neljänkymmenen avioliittovuoden jälkeen. Hän paloittelee ruumiin huolellisesti, ennen kuin soittaa poliisille. Tohtorin tunnustus on yhtä epätavallinen kuin hänen rangaistuksensa.
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Mikä saa moitteetonta elämää viettäneen ihmisen tekemään murhan?
Italialainen Fabrizio Collini on työskennellyt yli kolmekymmentä vuotta Mercedes-Benzin tehtailla - huomiota herättämättä ja lakeja noudattaen. Sitten hän murhaa luksushotellissa vanhan miehen.
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The internationally bestselling courtroom drama centering on a young German lawyer and a case involving World War II
A bestseller in Germany since its 2011 release--with rights sold in seventeen countries--"The Collini Case "combines the classic courtroom procedural with modern European history[...]
From Ferdinand von Schirach, one of Germany's most prominent defense attorneys, comes a jolting debut collection of short stories that daringly brings to light the motivations stirring within the criminal mind. By turns witty and sorrowful, unflinchingly brutal and heartbreaking, the deeply affectin[...]
Sebastian von Eschburg, scion of a wealthy, self-destructive family, survived his disastrous childhood to become a celebrated if controversial artist. He casts a provocative shadow over the Berlin scene; his disturbing photographs and installations show that truth and reality are two distinct things[...]
Meet Fahner, the retired small-town doctor who resorts to the garden axe when his patience with his cruel wife runs out. Or Patrick, so entranced by the sight of his sleeping girlfriend that he cuts a small piece out of her back, just to see what she tastes like. Or the silent assassin who calmly de[...]
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 an[...]
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 Carre. A murder. A murderer. No motive. For thirty-four years Fabrizio Collini has worked diligently for Mercedes Benz. He is a quiet a[...]
Sebastian von Eschburg, scion of a wealthy, self-destructive family, survived his disastrous childhood to become a celebrated if controversial artist. He casts a provocative shadow over the Berlin scene; his disturbing photographs and installations show that truth and reality are two distinct things[...]