Crime Av Ferdinand Von Schirach

<p><b>''Mesmerising and utterly absorbing'' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>''A magnificent storyteller'' <i>Der Spiegel</i></b><br><br><br> A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.<br><br>A woman laces her brother''s food with barbiturates.<br><br> Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences.<br><br><b>What drives a person to commit a crime?</b><br><br><br> Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told. In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients'' irrevocable choices. <br><br> Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach''s eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, <i>Crime </i>blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law.</p>