The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage

Reich-osang, Anja

ISBN 10: 1489382763 ISBN 13: 9781489382764

Publisher: Bolinda Audio, 2017

A woman is brutally murdered and buried in the woods. Suspicion falls on her husband – the former mayor of a small town south of Berlin. They had been married almost 50 years and were considered the perfect couple.

Award-winning journalist Anja Reich-Osang covered the trial. She spoke with relatives and friends of the victim and the accused – and with the former mayor himself, who denies his guilt to this day. But there is more to this story than the question of innocence or guilt. The Scholl Case is about a marriage, about a small town, about sex and politics. It is a psychological profile of a man driven to succeed – a man who started with nothing, conquered the world, and then lost all he had gained.

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Review

"The research was well-done and very detailed. I also enjoyed the writing style, which was fluent and practically swept me through the events and life history of Heinrich and his wife. " - I Heart Reading 'The Scholl Case is a gripping book about a mysterious murder that delves deeply into the psyches of its protagonists. Anja Reich-Osang's clear language cuts like a knife, exposing the layers of two lives and one unhappy marriage. A great read!' --Melanie Raabe, author of The Trap

'It opens with a chapter of such sustained scintillation and engulfing sense of mystery that no one who starts reading it is likely to stop... There is, on the face of it, nothing typical about the Scholls, yet the details of their lives - how his mother never cared for him, the heartbreaking contempt for the amenities of everyday life under the communists - rise up.' --The Australian

"The Scholl Case is pure journalism: facts have not been altered to suit the story or build suspense. Instead, readers' terror comes from seeing that, though unhappy, the Scholls are quite ordinary, thus giving the sense that this could happen to anyone. A quick and absorbing read for those who prefer their true crime without pretence." - Booklist

This is an intriguing story... Questions will linger about the verdict, conflicting testimonies and questionable evidence. Anja's detailed research glides you through the lives of a couple whose marriage had been described as a long relationship of dominance and subjugation. - PS News

"The research was well-done and very detailed. I also enjoyed the writing style, which was fluent and practically swept me through the events and life history of Heinrich and his wife. " --I Heart Reading

About the Author

Anja Reich, a Berlin native, studied journalism and wrote for Die Welt and Berliner Zeitung. Her first book, Wo warst du? Ein Septembertag in New York (Where were you? A Day in September in New York) was co-written with her husband, Alexander Osang, author and New York correspondent for Der Spiegel. Anja was awarded the German Reporter Award in 2012. Der Fall Scholl, THE SCHOLL CASE, was published by Ullstein Buchverlage in 2014. Imogen Taylor is a freelance literary translator and academic based in Berlin. Her translations include Sascha Arango's The Truth and Other Lies (Simon & Schuster, 2016) and Melanie Raabe's The Trap (Mantle, 2016).

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