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by Philip Kerr
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Crime-on-thrill
Crime-on-thrill rated it 11 years ago
Some books are never meant to be happy. Although in a Crime novel the outcome, most of the time, provides a solution to a crime, and brings a criminal to justice, but often it also leaves the reader with sadness. Either connected to a character, or to the general atmosphere created by the book. A QU...
The Word Warehouse
The Word Warehouse rated it 13 years ago
I got this as a giveaway and I'm glad I did because how did Philip Kerr slip under my thriller radar?Our protagonist here is a private detective by the name of Bernie Gunther, an ex-cop with a wise-cracking, sarcastic sense of humor. It took a little while but once I saw what his personality was lik...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 14 years ago
I'm now going to leave Bernie Gunther right where he is, should have stopped after the Berlin Noir trilogy.------ Read By: Jeff Harding Genre: Thriller Series Name: Bernie Gunther Position in Series: #5 Abridged: NoBlurbs - Posing as an es...
David's 'Clan' Blog
David's 'Clan' Blog rated it 14 years ago
Another remarkable story from Philip Kerr. This time chapters fluctuate between 1932 where our 'hero' Bernie Gunter is a policeman investigating a so-called 'Lust Murder' of a crippled young girl, the daughter of a prominent Nazis and 1950 - having escaped to Argentina with Adolf Eichmann, where he ...
MarginMan
MarginMan rated it 14 years ago
Good book. A flawed protagonist who's decent enough to root for. A seductive love interest. Plenty of plot twiats and things to think about. I thought the celebrity angle was a bit over-played.
sandin954
sandin954 rated it 15 years ago
Not quite as good as the previous books in the series (the first three are excellent) but a good historical crime read. Much preferred the sections set in 1930's Germany. Kerr does a great job of describing the surreal atmosphere in Berlin at the time.
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