For fifteen-year-old Michael Berg a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined The woman in question is Hanna & before long they embark on a passionate clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric & confused For Hanna is not all she seems Years later as a law student observing a trial in Germany Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna The woman he had loved is a criminal Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense But then suddenly & terribly it does
- Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime she is also desperately concealing another deep secret