Zusatztext 'The scope and breadth of Philip Kerr's historical research! and the subtle complexity of plot structure! are worthy of Le Carre. The fast-paced! crack-a-minute delivery smacks of Chandler. The comparisons are inevitable! but Kerr parries the plaudits with ease' Irish Examiner. Informationen zum Autor Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp . Philip died in March 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts . He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death. Klappentext 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. Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal Bernie arrives in Buenos Aires and! having revealed his real identity to the local chief of police! discovers that his reputation as a detective goes before him. A young girl has been murdered in peculiarly gruesome circumstances that strongly resemble Bernie's final case as a homicide detective with the Berlin police. A case he had failed to solve. Zusammenfassung Bernie Gunther, Berlin's hardest-boiled private eye, returns in the fifth book in this internationally bestselling series. Moving the plot from Pre-War Germany to the dangers of Argentina, Kerr yet again delivers a powerful, compelling thriller

'The scope and breadth of Philip Kerr's historical research, and the subtle complexity of plot structure, are worthy of Le Carre. The fast-paced, crack-a-minute delivery smacks of Chandler. The comparisons are inevitable, but Kerr parries the plaudits with ease' Irish Examiner.

Autorentext
Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp. Philip died in March 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death.

Klappentext

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. Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal Bernie arrives in Buenos Aires and, having revealed his real identity to the local chief of police, discovers that his reputation as a detective goes before him. A young girl has been murdered in peculiarly gruesome circumstances that strongly resemble Bernie's final case as a homicide detective with the Berlin police. A case he had failed to solve.

Zusammenfassung
Bernie Gunther, Berlin's hardest-boiled private eye, returns in the fifth book in this internationally bestselling series. Moving the plot from Pre-War Germany to the dangers of Argentina, Kerr yet again delivers a powerful, compelling thriller