Self's Murder: 2 (Gerhard Self) - Softcover

Schlink, Bernhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375709096 ISBN 13: 9780375709098

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2009

Synopsis

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 this title

Review:

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." --The New York Times "Darkly Intriguing. . . . Entertaining."--O, The Oprah Magazine

Book Description:

The bestselling detective novel from the author of The Reader. Available in paperback for the first time in the UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0375709096
• ISBN 13: 9780375709098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272