The best-selling author of 20 novels, Philip Kerr has won a devoted following-and there are none more ardent than those who devour his Bernie Gunther series. In 1934, Bernie found himself in Berlin, where he was caught up in intrigue surrounding Hitler, America, and the upcoming Olympiad. Two decades later, Bernie surfaces in Havana. But an old associate has appeared there as well-and might spell trouble of a decidedly deadly nature.
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"Bernie Guenther gets thrown out of Argentina after having to leave Germany after the war. He ends up in Havana with some of the same troubles he had in trying to prevent the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Well written. A cynical detective like those of Furst and Graham Greene."
— Eddie (4 out of 5 stars)
" taking chandler to europe and south america. "
— Aniruddh, 2/18/2014" Another in the Bernie Gunther series. This one takes place in pre-war Germany and post-war Cuba, and there's a murder that links the stories. "
— Vickie, 2/14/2014" Another the Bernie Gunther series. "
— Tom, 2/14/2014" Pity this book could have been so much better. I looked forward to yet another Gunther book and it started really well. Without giving much away, the first part of the book is good and is almost worth a separate book and left there which to give the second part a horrible death. The second part really just didn't need to be added. "
— Dv8tion, 2/5/2014" Back in 1934, shortly after being ejected from the KRIPO by incoming NAZIS, Bernie Gunther was hanging on in Berlin as a hotel detective at the Adlon. A beautiful American reporter got him involved in investigating the crooked construction of the Olympic stadium and the NAZI takeover of sports, as well as a cover-up to save her life. Now, it's 1954 and Bernie is attempting to live quietly in Havana when not only the dame and her daughter, but a ferocious American gangster and Cuban rebels surface with old secrets and new schemes. These are virtually perfect Noir pieces, from the smartass, weary first-person narration to the grey moral world. "
— Margaret, 2/3/2014" Very good historical thriller, with eye for detail and the kind of twist in the end that makes it all worth wile... "
— Filip, 1/26/2014" read on flight back from Johannesburg - Berlin Olympics and pre war Germany to Castro trial in Chile - good historical whodunnit "
— Andy, 1/11/2014" Another great Bernie Gunther book. I'm starting to desire movies... "
— kt, 11/1/2013" I love the character of Gunther. This one seemed a little less than the other books. The ending of this one seemed especially lame and predictable. Still 4 stars for the quips and morally complex Gunther. "
— Leo, 8/9/2013" Historical fiction meets detective noir with a truly great writer in command of a great series of novels. "
— Ak-75, 7/2/2013" Entertaining and well-written, with an excellent plot, and a few dark twists. I will definitely be reading more of Kerr's work! "
— Jade, 6/27/2013Philip 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.
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.