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A review by andrew61
The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr
4.0
I suspect that this book will not be for everyone but it is worth the effort.
The beginning of this story finds us meeting Cora bender a young woman in a claustrophobic marriage who is starting to exhibit strange behaviours particularly around her husband.
They go to a local lido for a picnic and while suicidal thoughts haunt Cora a couple who are flaunting their love and playing a tape trigger a violent reaction from Cora.
The remainder of the book focuses on why Cora committed the crime. The story brings out a religiously obsessed mother, a terminally ill sister, a hopeless father and a marriage in which her husband is weakly in thrall to his own father's economic control. Is Cora mad or bad the book brilliantly explores this dilemma as the lead detective determinedly investigates what appears to be an open and shut case.
Initially I struggled with the structure of the book but as I continued i became hooked as the background to the cause of the crime is slowly exposed. An intelligent crime novel which stands out from the run of the mill police procedural and I would recommend the read.
The beginning of this story finds us meeting Cora bender a young woman in a claustrophobic marriage who is starting to exhibit strange behaviours particularly around her husband.
They go to a local lido for a picnic and while suicidal thoughts haunt Cora a couple who are flaunting their love and playing a tape trigger a violent reaction from Cora.
The remainder of the book focuses on why Cora committed the crime. The story brings out a religiously obsessed mother, a terminally ill sister, a hopeless father and a marriage in which her husband is weakly in thrall to his own father's economic control. Is Cora mad or bad the book brilliantly explores this dilemma as the lead detective determinedly investigates what appears to be an open and shut case.
Initially I struggled with the structure of the book but as I continued i became hooked as the background to the cause of the crime is slowly exposed. An intelligent crime novel which stands out from the run of the mill police procedural and I would recommend the read.