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ABBEY’S BOOKSELLER PICK —— This is around the fourth German crime novel I’ve read and it got me wondering how it was they were all of such high calibre. Is it the (insert cultural cliche here)? It struck me then, the reason - they’ve all passed the ‘reader test’ in their home country of Germany before making their way across the globe to the shelf in Abbey’s ’Crime Alley’. OK, a simple deduction (I’m no Sherlock, dear Watson) but it is something to keep in mind.
So it is with The Sinner, which has now been made into a Netflix series, however I highly recommend you read the novel because it is far more rewarding taking the scenic route through this tale of emotional abuse and bad parenting as you grasp for footholds of truth as to why young mother, Cora Bender, took to a stranger with a fruit knife on a beach outing, stabbing him to death.
The basis for the highly acclaimed Netflix series starring Jessica Biel.
‘Instantly gripping’ Washington Post
‘…delves deep into the human psyche, and keeps you gripped’ The Times
Cora Bender killed a man on a sunny summer afternoon in full view of her family and friends. But why? What could have caused this quiet, loveable young mother to stab a stranger in the throat, again and again, until she was pulled off his body?
For the local police it was an open and shut case. But Police Commissioner Rudolf Grovian refused to close the file and started his own maverick investigation. So began the slow unravelling of Cora's past, a harrowing descent into a woman's private hell.
By:
Ms Petra Hammesfahr Translated by:
John Brownjohn Imprint: Bitter Lemon Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 318g ISBN:9781904738251 ISBN 10: 1904738257 Pages: 338 Publication Date:09 February 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Petra Hammesfahr, born in 1951, has not had an easy life: she left school at thirteen and became pregnant by an alcoholic husband at seventeen. It is a life that has provided inspiration for her bittersweet family crime novels where the sweetness of childhood and the horror of adults meet. Hammesfahr has written over twenty crime and suspense novels and writes scripts for television and film. She has won numerous literary prizes, including the Crime Prize of Wiesbaden and the Rhineland Literary Prize.
Reviews for The Sinner
ABBEY’S BOOKSELLER PICK —— This is around the fourth German crime novel I’ve read and it got me wondering how it was they were all of such high calibre. Is it the (insert cultural cliche here)? It struck me then, the reason - they’ve all passed the ‘reader test’ in their home country of Germany before making their way across the globe to the shelf in Abbey’s ’Crime Alley’. OK, a simple deduction (I’m no Sherlock, dear Watson) but it is something to keep in mind.
So it is with The Sinner, which has now been made into a Netflix series, however I highly recommend you read the novel because it is far more rewarding taking the scenic route through this tale of emotional abuse and bad parenting as you grasp for footholds of truth as to why young mother, Cora Bender, took to a stranger with a fruit knife on a beach outing, stabbing him to death.
Craig Kirchner
In this intelligent novel Hammesfahr has etched with precision the thoughts of a woman on the edge of madness. Der Spiegel Unrelenting suspense until the bitter end. Stern
