Gerhard Self the dour private detective returns in this riveting crime novelabout terrorism governmental coverup and the treacherous waters where theymix. Leo S... » 

Gerhard Self the dour private detective returns in this riveting crime novelabout terrorism governmental coverup and the treacherous waters where theymix. Leo Salger the daughter of a powerful Bonn bureaucrat is missing andSelf has been hired to find her. His investigation initially leads him to apsych ward at a local hospital where he is made to believe that Leo fell froma window and died. Self soon discovers however that Leo is alive and well andthat she was involved in a terrorist incident the government is feverishlytrying to keep under wraps. The result is a wildly entertaining superblynuanced thriller that follows one detectives desire to uncover the truthwherever it may lead. «