Bestselling Mechthild Borrmann has already been awarded the renowned Friedrich-Glauser-Preis as well as the Deutscher Krimipreis. Her new novel, ‘Child of the Rubble’ describes the life of a foundling in the ruins of Hamburg during 1946/1947. Interweaving tension and historical events is something Mechthild Borrmann does like no other German author. This is borne out by her earlier works, best-sellers and highly acclaimed novels, "Wer das Schweigen bricht", "Der Geiger" und "Die andere Hälfte der Hoffnung". Little Hanno Dietz battles his way through the post-war years with his mother in Hamburg. Stone-breaking, hunting for old iron, dealing on the black market – this is his daily round. But one day he discovers a dead body in the rubble of the ruins. And just next to it, a boy of around three years of age and surprisingly well-clothed. The child won’t speak, no relatives are to be found. So the boy grows up in the Dietz household. Years later the one-time rubble child finds himself on the trail of a crime with deadly links to his family…
