This summer I got hooked on an addictive television series called The Sinner. The show revolves around a detective with a talent for understanding the complex motivations of unlikely killers. Season One was an adaptation of a book by German novelist Petra Hammesfahr. Hammesfahr's dark psychological fiction has earned her comparisons to Patricia Highsmith, author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
While waiting with much anticipation for the fourth season of The Sinner to air, I checked out the slim translation. Set in Germany, the book begins when a woman spending a day with her husband and son suddenly stabs a stranger on the beach. Under questioning, Cora Bender seems oddly detached and investigators can find no motive for the attack. The unusual crime raises the interest of a police commissioner who digs into Cora’s past and strange family dynamics to explain her actions. As in the show, the story takes some extremely dark twists. Fans of psychological stories like Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn will enjoy this international bestseller!
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