From banker in Zurich to globally operating accountant for the Calabrian Mafia – a novel about an inconspicuous woman who moves from the Lower Saxony province to Zurich in the 1990s to pursue a career as an investment banker. There, she learns about the world of bad banks, where neither borders nor laws seem to apply.

As her career stagnates, she realizes how much freedom it grants her to be a woman who is overlooked: outside the law, she invests millions. In court, she ultimately remains silent. Others tell her story. With "The Player," Isabelle Lehn creates an ambivalent heroine who knows how to use her inconspicuousness.

Isabelle Lehn, born in 1979 in Bonn, lives today in Leipzig and writes narrative and essayistic prose. For her literary work, she has received numerous awards and scholarships.