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A Quiet Flame - Philip Kerr
A Quiet Flame
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Bernie Gunther, Berlin's hardest-boiled private eye, returns in this his latest outing. Moving the plot from Pre-War Germany to the dangers of Argentina, Kerr yet again delivers a powerful, compelling thriller
Bernie Gunther, Berlin's hardest-boiled private eye, returns in this his latest outing. Moving the plot from Pre-War Germany to the dangers of Argentina, Kerr yet again delivers a powerful, compelling thriller
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781847245588 (1847245587)
Publisher: Quercus
Pages no: 407
Edition language: English
Series: Bernard Gunther (#5)
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Crime-on-thrill
Crime-on-thrill rated it
3.0 Not as good as I wanted it to be!!!
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
4.0
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
3.0
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
5.0 A Quiet Flame
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
4.0 A Quiet Flame
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.
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