Synopses & Reviews
Germany, 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat, it's a place of dirty deals, rampant greed, fleeing Nazis, and all the intrigue and deceit readers have come to expect from this immensely talented thriller writer. In The One from the Other, Hitler's legacy lives on. For Bernie Gunther, Berlin has become too dangerous, and he now works as a private detective in Munich. Business is slow and his funds are dwindling when a woman hires him to investigate her husband's disappearance. No, she doesn't want him back he's a war criminal. She merely wants confirmation that he is dead. It's a simple job, but in postwar Germany, nothing is simple nothing is what it appears to be. Accepting the case, Bernie takes on far more than he'd bargained for, and before long, he is on the run, facing enemies from every side.
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"Grim and gripping, with all the author's customary sure-handedness in evidence." Kirkus Reviews
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"Kerr is in command of nearly everything here noirish turns of phrase...pacing, atmosphere, story and historical facts and events. It is neat to witness Bernie wisecracking a la Philip Marlowe within the constraints of the Nazi state." Denver Post
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"[T]he knockabout action should please most fans of classic hard-boiled mystery and historical espionage." Booklist
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"Although Kerr sometimes overdoes his descriptions of characters...his dazzling touch will sweep readers away." Library Journal
Synopsis
Bernie Gunther, Kerr's best-loved protagonist, takes center stage in this fast-paced, twist-filled thriller that turns his acclaimed German trilogy into a surprise-laden quartet.
About the Author
Philip Kerr is the author of such thrillers as The Second Angel and A Philosophical Investigation, and the New York Times bestselling young adult novel The Children of the Lamp. Hailed by Salman Rushdie in the Independent as "a brilliantly innovative thrillerwriter," he lives in London.