Self's Deception (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375709081)

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.

Author: Bernhard Schlink
ISBN-10: 0375709088
ISBN-13: 9780375709081
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2007
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.01h x 6.36w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/09/2007 pg. 31
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2007 pg. 423
New York Times Book Review 09/09/2007 pg. 13