My name is Simon. I'm 10 years old. I'm a serial killer.
Robert Stern, a successful defence lawyer, doesn't know what lies in
store for him when he agrees to meet a new client in a derelict estate
on the outskirts of Berlin. To his astonishment, the defendant is a
10-year-old boy - Simon, a fragile child with a chronic illness who
insists that he was a murderer in a former life.
Stern's surprise quickly turns to horror as he searches the cellar Simon
has directed him to and discovers the skeletal remains of a man, the
skull split with an axe - just as Simon told him he would. But this is
only the beginning, as Simon tells Stern where to find even more victims
whose bodies have lain undisturbed for years. Suddenly the present feels
murderously dangerous as well....
The Child is a darkly twisting thriller that will make your heart
pound with adrenaline.