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Book

The sinner

Call Number

  • THRILLER HAMM (WSQ)

Publication Information

New York : Penguin Books, 2017.

Physical Description

387 pages ; 21 cm

Uniform Title

Sünderin. English.

Summary

On a sunny summer afternoon by the lake, Cora Bender stabs a man to death. Why? What would cause this quiet, kind young mother to stab a complete stranger in the throat over and over again, in full view of her family and friends? For the local police, it's an open-and-shut case. Cora quickly confesses and there's no shortage of witnesses, but those questions remain unanswered. Haunted by the case, the police commissioner refuses to close the file and begins his own maverick investigation. So begins the slow unraveling of Cora's past, a harrowing descent into a woman's private hell.

Notes

First published in German as Die Sünderin by Wunderlich, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1999.

Adapted into a USA Network television miniseries of the same title in July 2017.

Added Authors

John Brownjohn

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