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The Collini Case

The internationally bestselling courtroom drama centering on a young German lawyer and a case involving war crimes

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 in a legal thriller worthy of John Grisham and Scott Turow.

Fabrizio Collini is recently retired. He’s a quiet, unassuming man with no indications that he’s capable of hurting anyone. And yet he brutally murders a prominent industrialist in one of Berlin’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 Germany’s legal system that stretches back to World War II. But how much is he willing to sacrifice to expose the truth?

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 193
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780670026524
  • Settings
  • Berlin
  • Genres
  • crime, fiction, mystery, thriller, germany, roman, novels, contemporary
  • Release date
  • 2013