Self's Murder: A Gerhard Self Mystery
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PI Gerhard Self is lured out of retirement by a seemingly straightforward assignment: to find the former sleeping partner at Welker & Welker, a prestigious private bank. But the case soon throws up many more questions than answers, and Self finds himself embroiled in a shady world of money-laundering, mafia and murder... What secrets is the bank's history hiding? Why are the institution's enigmatic masters - Herr Welker and his steely Russian foster brother - trying to ensnare Self in their dangerous game, and just who is the stranger claiming to be Self's long-lost son?
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Bernhard Schlink was born in Germany in 1944. A professor of law at the University of Berlin and a practising judge, he is the author of the major international bestselling novel THE READER, as well as several prize-winning crime novels. He lives in Bonn and Berlin.
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Initially it seems like an easy case for private investigator Gerhard Self. The prestigious private bank, Weller & Welker, are compiling their history and wish to discover the identity of their sleeping partner. This mysterious figure deposited a large sum in the early part of the 20th Century, thereby securing the bank's future.
But as Self investigates, money-laundering and murder make matters much less straightforward than they first seemed.
Once a Nazi prosecutor, now a PI in his early seventies, Gerhard Self is the driving force of this crime novel. Introspective, ironic and reflective, Self is a well-rounded character who finds himself questioning his own past as his investigations continue.
The aftermath and guilt of World War 2 are familiar themes which run through Schlink's works, most notably in The Reader. As for Gerhard Self, this looks like it's his final case, if so it's a good one to bow out on.
But as Self investigates, money-laundering and murder make matters much less straightforward than they first seemed.
Once a Nazi prosecutor, now a PI in his early seventies, Gerhard Self is the driving force of this crime novel. Introspective, ironic and reflective, Self is a well-rounded character who finds himself questioning his own past as his investigations continue.
The aftermath and guilt of World War 2 are familiar themes which run through Schlink's works, most notably in The Reader. As for Gerhard Self, this looks like it's his final case, if so it's a good one to bow out on.
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