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      Self's Deception

      by Bernhard Schlink
      Published
      Jun 2007
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      Suspense Suspense
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      352
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      Gerhard Self

      About This Book

      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.

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      First Edition Jun 2007 Vintage ISBN13 9780375709081 ISBN10 0375709088
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      Dec 2008 Knopf ISBN13 9780307490711 ISBN10 0307490718
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      Dec 2008 Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN13 9781780221465 ISBN10 1780221460
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      Dec 2008 Vintage ISBN10 B001NJUOW6
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