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Self's Deception

Bernhard Schlink

Gerhard Self, the dour private detective, returns in this riveting crime novel about terrorism, governmental cover-up, and the treacherous waters where they mix.

Leo Salger, the daughter of a powerful Bonn bureaucrat, is missing, and Self has been hired to find her. His investigation initially leads him to a psych ward at a local hospital, where he is made to believe that Leo fell from a window and died. Self soon discovers, however, that Leo is alive and well and that she was involved in a terrorist incident the government is feverishly trying to keep under wraps. The result is a wildly entertaining, superbly nuanced thriller that follows one detective's desire to uncover the truth, wherever it may lead.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
  • Publish Date: Jun 12nd, 2007
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.01in - 6.36in - 0.77in - 0.59lb
  • EAN: 9780375709081
  • Categories: • Mystery & Detective - General• Literary

About the Author

Bernhard Schlink was born in Germany. He is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Reader, as well as four prize-winning crime novels-The Gordian Knot, Self's Fraud, Self's Punishment, and Self Slaughter--that are currently being translated into English. He lives in Bonn and Berlin.

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Praise for this book

"A sophisticated, chilling and superbly written thriller."
--Michael Dibdin, author of Back to Bologna

"A delightfully unique protagonist, a marvelous complex mystery."
--Mike Lawson, bestselling author of The Second Perimeter

"Immensely pleasurable and deeply intriguing. Schlink has crafted a novel rich with the comforts of insight and humanity."
--Dan Fesperman, author of The Prisoner of Guantánamo

"From this highly gifted writer another delightfully winding crime story, told with bleak and bitter irony."
--HĂĄkan Nesser, author of The Return