Self's Deception by Bernhard Schlink

Self's Deception

Gerhard Selb #2

Bernhard Schlink with Peter Constantine (Translator)

352 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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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...

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3.2
based on 39 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 100%

mysterious: 100%

funny: 50%

tense: 50%


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Strong character development?

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Loveable characters?

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Diverse cast of characters?

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