“The Gordian Knot” is a detective story by Bernhard Schlink about the secrets of industrial espionage translated into Russian for the first time. In 1989, the novel was awarded the prestigious Friedrich Glauser Prize and has since been reprinted several times and translated into different languages. Former lawyer Georg Polger agrees to head a translation agency in a small town in the south of France, whose former boss died under mysterious circumstances. At first, everything is going well: a profitable project, a passionate romance with the beautiful Françoise, the secretary of a business partner. But one day Georg notices something strange in her behavior, and the next day Françoise disappears. Georg is ready to do anything to get her back. But does he know the real Francoise? Will he be able to unravel the Gordian knot or decide to cut it with one blow?