The Prosecutor

Fairweather tells this story with impressive clarity and pace… compulsively readable… with liberal democracies once more imperilled and indifference to the Holocaust stupefyingly widespread, The Prosecutor could hardly be more timely

The Financial Times

Deeply humane, finely wrought and so vital tale in this age of impunity, crackingly told

Philippe Sands, award-winning and bestselling author of THE RATLINE and EAST WEST STREET

Gripping and well-researched ... Fairweather’s book would be haunting to read at any time; it is especially bitter today

New York Times

One of the great untold stories of the Holocaust— and Jack Fairweather is the perfect person to tell it

Jonathan Freedland, bestselling author of THE ESCAPE ARTIST

A tour-de-force of both historical research and absolutely terrific writing... the book itself reads like the best sort of cloak-and-dagger novel... this book was a kind of masterclass

Sebastian Junger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM and TRIBE

This is a book of great importance. The Prosecutor is, quite simply, a stunning achievement.

Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara and New Yorker staff writer

Beautifully written and hugely evocative... a powerful literary memorial to Fritz Bauer, the German-Jewish lawyer whose tenacity forced a nation to confront its crimes

Katja Hoyer, bestselling author of BEYOND THE WALL

Jack Fairweather continues his stellar writing career with an important new book... this well-researched, well-written and hard-hitting book could not be more timely

Andrew Roberts, author of CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY

A gripping and timely tale of a modest man who sacrificed his life to expose a collective guilt... In dark times, his sacrifice provides a bright beacon of light

The Times