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Self’s Murder

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink

Category: Mystery & Suspense

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Paperback $15.00

Aug 11, 2009 | 272 Pages

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    About Self’s Murder

    Gerhard Self, the seventy-something, sambuca-drinking, Sweet-Afton smoking sleuth returns in a riveting new mystery about money-laundering, murder, and mafiosi.

    Despite his failing health and his girlfriend’s pleading, Gerhard Self won’t stop doing what he does best—investigating. And his most recent case is one of the most intriguing of his career. Herr Welker desperately wants to write a history of his bank, but to do so he needs Self to track down a mysterious silent partner. Self takes the job, but is soon accosted by a man who frantically hands him a suitcase full of cash and speeds off in a car, only to crash into a tree, dying instantly. Perplexed, and convinced there is more to the case than he is being told, Self follows the money. Soon he finds himself traveling to eastern Germany, where he encounters some of the most unsavory villains he has met yet.

    About Self’s Murder

    Gerhard Self, the seventy-something, sambuca-drinking, Sweet-Afton smoking sleuth returns in a riveting new mystery about money-laundering, murder, and mafiosi.

    Despite his failing health and his girlfriend’s pleading, Gerhard Self won’t stop doing what he does best—investigating. And his most recent case is one of the most intriguing of his career. Herr Welker desperately wants to write a history of his bank, but to do so he needs Self to track down a mysterious silent partner. Self takes the job, but is soon accosted by a man who frantically hands him a suitcase full of cash and speeds off in a car, only to crash into a tree, dying instantly. Perplexed, and convinced there is more to the case than he is being told, Self follows the money. Soon he finds himself traveling to eastern Germany, where he encounters some of the most unsavory villains he has met yet.


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    Also by Bernhard Schlink

    The Woman on the Stairs
    Summer Lies
    The Gordian Knot
    The Weekend
    Homecoming
    See all books by Bernhard Schlink

    About Bernhard Schlink

    BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany. He is the author of The Woman on the Stairs, The Weekend, and the internationally bestselling novels The Reader and Homecoming, as well as the collection of short stories Flights of Love and four prizewinning… More about Bernhard Schlink

    About Bernhard Schlink

    BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany. He is the author of The Woman on the Stairs, The Weekend, and the internationally bestselling novels The Reader and Homecoming, as well as the collection of short stories Flights of Love and four prizewinning… More about Bernhard Schlink

    Product Details

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Aug 11, 2009 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375709098

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Aug 11, 2009 | ISBN 9780307456687

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    Praise for the Gerhard Self series:

    “Like any fictional detective worth spending time with, Self . . . transmits a strong sense of being comfortable with who he is, imperfections and all.”
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