Crime

'Mesmerising and utterly absorbing' New York Times'A magnificent storyteller' Der SpiegelA retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.A woman laces her brother's food with barbiturates.Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences.What drives a person to commit a crime?Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told. In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients' irrevocable choices.Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach's eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, Crime blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law.

Product details

• Authors: Ferdinand von Schirach
• Assisted by: Kat Hall (Translation)
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2023
• EAN: 9781529345766
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-4576-6
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: The Crime Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Crime