For the first time, a series of three detective stories by Bernhard Schlink, the author of the famous “Reader,” is being published in Russian. The series opens with the novel Selb's Justice, written by Schlink in collaboration with fellow lawyer Walter Popp. It was with this novel that German and English-speaking readers began to become acquainted with the charismatic private detective Gerhard Selb. He is sixty-eight years old, a widower, smokes Sweet Afton cigarettes and drinks the Aviateur cocktail, is not deprived of a sense of humor, knows a lot about food, wine and women , values strong male friendship. When Selb is approached by a friend of his youth, Korten, with a request to investigate a case of hacking into the computer security system of a large chemical plant, Selb agrees to help him. He understands little about computers, but he has a good understanding of people, and the circle of suspects has already been outlined. However, Selb's search for a hacker leads to unexpected results: dark secrets of the past are revealed to him. His own past.