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Philip Kerr's intricate novels featuring former Berlin homicide detective Bernie Gunther have earned a hallowed place in the hearts of mystery fans. It's 1950, and Bernie has arrived in Argentina seeking asylum after being falsely identified as a Nazi war criminal. There he investigates the murder of a wealthy banker's daughter in a case reminiscent of one he worked in Germany 18 years before.
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"My favorite of the Gunther series so far. Though not quite factual, Kerr imagines how another fascist country could deal with accepting some of the worst immigrants ever. When a country accepts a bunch of war criminals into their midst, bad things are bound to happen."
— Julia (5 out of 5 stars)
A Quiet Flame Listener Reviews
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" I just love the Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr. "
— Susan, 2/12/2014 -
" 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. "
— Brendan, 2/11/2014 -
" Another compulsive read in this series. Very noir. "
— Tenli, 2/9/2014 -
" Plenty of good stuff on the O.D.E.S.S.A., the vast and efficient "rat line" set up by and for NAZI SS members. Really piqued my interest in how many thousands of sociopaths escaped the grip of justice at the end of WWII. Boggles the mind. Even though Kerr writes fiction, he prides himself on meticulous research, and he seems to have a commanding feel for Germany/Europe in the mid-20th century. "
— Kurt, 2/7/2014 -
" Best so far by Kerr. "
— Joe, 1/29/2014 -
" Engaging book of intrigue with historical fiction that takes place post world war2 when Jews and Nazis immigrated to Perons Argentina. "
— Carol, 1/25/2014 -
" The Bernie Gunther books just keep getting better. This time out, Bernie cavorts with all his old wartime comrades now relocated to Argentina. Evita indeed--poor Bernie is to busy sticking his nose into the worng placed he doesn't even have time to learn the tango! "
— John, 1/19/2014 -
" Enjoyable and much better than "The One from the Other", the fourth in the series. This one still lacks the wonderful noir voice and tone of the Berlin Noir trilogy. "
— Tess, 12/25/2013 -
" An outstanding novel of Argentina and Directive 11 - a 'what if' there was also a Directive 12. "
— Roxane, 12/21/2013 -
" The entire series is great "
— Anthony, 12/9/2013 -
" I liked the way that this book was simultaneously set in two places and across two different periods. "
— Thomas, 12/1/2013 -
" Switch of venue for Bernie. First thriller I've read about ARgentina after WW II. I love Kerr's writing. "
— Lou, 12/1/2013 -
" Bernie Gunther in Argentina. Lots of ex-Nazis and treasure of a sort. Fine series, one of the best. "
— Richard, 11/30/2013 -
" not as satisfying to me as the earlier books set in berlin "
— Maureen, 2/21/2013 -
" Wonderful-it's like being in a time warp and reading this bookconveys to the modern reader more understanding of a misunderstood time. "
— Alyssa, 1/2/2013 -
" A new Bernie Gunther novel, in Argentina, dealing with the emigrant nazies and the Peron government. Very enjoyable as usual. "
— Andre, 12/20/2012 -
" This is a good series about a non-Nazi private eye in Germany before, during and after WWII. "
— Scott, 11/28/2012 -
" Double plot 1932 in Germany and 1950 in Argentina. Very good read and interesting plot, interesting historical context on both pre-nazi germany and Peron times in Argentina. "
— Bernard, 11/11/2012 -
" This one was not as good as the first three books, but I certainly liked it better than number four. "
— Heidi, 10/17/2012 -
" Although not as well-conceived, or nearly as devastating in effect, as Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy, this recent addition to the Bernie Gunther library is easy to consume. It fits the bill as a "summer read" with some genuine grit to it. "
— Darrell, 9/6/2012 -
" What did all those Nazis get up to in Peron's Argentina after the war, anyway? Kerr tells us in this installment in the Bernie Gunther saga. I once had an argument with a friend who denied that Peron was a fascist; I think Kerr would side with me. "
— Sam, 7/26/2012 -
" Loved Kerr's Berlin Noir Trilogy. This sequel moves post-war to 1950 Argentina, incorporating Peron and the migration of Nazi's to South America. Already blown away 50 pages into it... "
— Nick, 6/28/2012
About Philip Kerr
Philip Kerr (1956–2018) was the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, three of which—Field Gray, The Lady from Zagreb, and Prussian Blue—were finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. In 2009, If the Dead Rise Not won the world’s most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing worth €125,000. The book also won the 2009 British Crime Writers’ Association’s Ellis Peters Historic Crime Award. In 2018, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Writing as P. B. Kerr, he was the author of the much-loved young-adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.
About Paul Hecht
Paul Hecht’s long career in audiobooks spans dozens of titles and authors as varied as Ray Bradbury and Gore Vidal, Jack Finney and Thomas Mann. He has recorded such books as Bob Dole’s One Soldier’s Story and Alexander McCall Smith’s Portuguese Irregular Verbs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances. Hecht’s theater career in New York includes many Broadway and television credits. He has won nine AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook narrations.