Self's punishment

From Bernhard Schlink, the bestselling author of The Reader, comes a gripping literary crime novel featuring the unconventional detective Gerhard Self. Once a prosecutor under the Nazi regime, Gerhard Self is now a private investigator in postwar Germany, taking on cases that often force him to confront his own past. When he’s hired by a major company to investigate a computer hacking incident, Self stumbles into a web of deceit, corporate corruption, and moral conflict. Blending mystery, history, and philosophy, Self’s Punishment is both a compelling detective story and a deep exploration of guilt, justice, and redemption in modern Germany.