Collini Case - Ferdinand von Schirach

FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945 n n A murder. A murderer. No motive.

n n Fabrizio Collini is a hard working, quiet and respectable man. Until the day he visits one of Berlin's most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man in cold blood. n n Young attorney Caspar Leinen takes the case.

Getting Collini a not-guilty verdict would make his name. But far too late he discovers that he knows Collini's victim. n n 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 defend himself. n n And worse, a close friend, and relation of the victim, insists that he give up the case. n n His reputation, his career and this friendship are all at risk.

n n But then he makes a discovery that goes way beyond his own concerns and exposes a terrible and deadly truth at the heart of German justice . . .

n n The Collini Case is a masterful court room drama that will have readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish - fans of John le Carre will love this. n __________ n n 'A magnificent storyteller' Der Spiegel n n 'A murder trial full of political explosiveness: thrilling, clever, staggering' Focus n n 'Terrific' Elle n n 'Ferdinand von Schirach brilliantly draws you under his spell' Bunte n