The Sinner (TV tie-in) - Softcover

Hammesfahr, Petra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904738257 ISBN 13: 9781904738251

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press, 2007

Synopsis

The brand new series airing on BBC4 from the 1st of December 2019, starring Jessical Biel and Bill Pullman.
"Instantly gripping" --The Washington Post.

Cora Bender killed a man on a sunny summer afternoon by the lake and in full view of her family and friends.
But why? What could have caused this quiet, lovable 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. Cora confessed; there was no shortage of witnesses. But Police Commissioner Rudolf Grovian refused to close the file and started his own maverick investigation. So begins the slow unravelling of Cora's past, a harrowing descent into a woman's private hell.

Hailed as Germany's Patricia Highsmith for her bittersweet thrillers where the innocence of childhood collides with horrors enacted by adults, Petra Hammesfahr has written a dark, spellbinding novel which stayed at the top of the nation's bestseller list for fifteen months.

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Review:

Praise for The Sinner

"As I read the novel, I kept going, 'I know where this is going - there's no way this could be interesting.' And then it would just take a completely different direction." --Jessica Biel

"The best psychological suspense novel I have read all year." --Sunday Telegraph

"The Sinner demonstrates why Hammesfahr is one of Europe's bestselling writers of crime thrillers. It's grim, delves deep into the human psyche, and keeps you gripped." --The Times

"Hauntingly insightful and sensitive." --The Guardian

Synopsis:

The brand new TV series is now available on Netflix, starring Jessical Biel and Bill Pullman.
"Instantly gripping" --The Washington Post.

Cora Bender killed a man on a sunny summer afternoon by the lake and in full view of her family and friends.
But why? What could have caused this quiet, lovable 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. Cora confessed; there was no shortage of witnesses. But Police Commissioner Rudolf Grovian refused to close the file and started his own maverick investigation. So begins the slow unravelling of Cora's past, a harrowing descent into a woman's private hell.

Hailed as Germany's Patricia Highsmith for her bittersweet thrillers where the innocence of childhood collides with horrors enacted by adults, Petra Hammesfahr has written a dark, spellbinding novel which stayed at the top of the nation's bestseller list for fifteen months.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1904738257
• ISBN 13: 9781904738251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 475