Even in the most dazzling facade, fine cracks will eventually appear.
Eva Herbergen, a committed criminal defense lawyer, withdraws from her work: She wants to enjoy old age with her husband Peter. But the shadows of past deeds reach into her private life. In gripping tableaus, Elisa Hoven illuminates legal and biographical dark zones: Security is an illusion, a verdict always remains only an approximation of the truth.
Fine Cracks leads into the coincidences of crimes. Causes often reach far back into a pre-history and sometimes lie so close that they are all the easier to overlook.
The past is never concluded.
Every person has their own truth.
The truth is brittle.
There is always more than one truth.
Every crime begins with a secret.
"[Hoven] has created a literary character in the form of the criminal defence lawyer Eva Herbergen, who draws her readers into a whirlwind of intricately crafted criminal cases." and "told in a gripping way" - Münchner Merkur
"Hoven has a gift for recounting truly spectacular crimes in a calm, unemotional manner, so that the appeal of the text often lies in this very contradiction." and "a crime novel that’s well worth reading." - NDR, Annemarie Stoltenberg
