The Pale Criminal (Crime Monthly) - Softcover

Kerr, Philip

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9780140153934: The Pale Criminal (Crime Monthly)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140153934 ISBN 13: 9780140153934

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

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'For Christmas, I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels.' Sam Mendes, Guardian

'Blends high-powered storytelling with a rich piece of historical re-creation' Independent
'Kerr makes his star turns - Heydrich, Himmler, et al - eerily believable' Times
'Powerful period flavour; a gruff, subversive hero; Kerr delivers the good' Literary Review
'Echoes of Raymond Chandler...vivid and well-researched' Evening Standard

The second in Philip Kerr's iconic 'Berlin Noir' trilogy, The Pale Criminal sees detective Bernie Gunther return to hunt one of the most evil killers in human history.

Bernie Gunther is back on the mean streets of Berlin with his new partner, Bruno Stahlecker, another ex-police officer. But on a seemingly straightforward stakeout, Bruno is killed, and Bernie suddenly finds himself tapped for a much bigger job.

A serial sex murderer is killing Aryan teenage girls in Berlin - and what's worse, he's making utter fools of the police. Gunther is forced to accept a temporary post in Obergruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich's state Security Service, with a team of men underneath him tasked purely with hunting the killer.

But can he trust his team any more than he can trust his superiors?

An unflinching, fast-paced thriller exploring the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture, The Pale Criminal will be loved by fans of Robert Harris and Frederick Forsythe.

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Review:

Blends high-powered storytelling with a rich piece of historical re-creation (Independent)

Kerr makes his star turns - Heydrich, Himmler, et al - eerily believable (The Times)

Powerful period flavour; a gruff, subversive hero; Kerr delivers the goods (Literary Review)

Echoes of Raymond Chandler...vivid and well-researched (Evening Standard)

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'The contemporary master of the morally complex thriller' New York Observer

Bernie Gunther is back on the beat - but not for long...

The sweltering summer of 1938, and Bernie's trying his best to lay low. But on a seemingly straightforward stakeout, his new partner is killed, and Bernie suddenly finds himself tapped for a much bigger job.

A serial sex murderer is killing Aryan teenage girls - and what's worse, he's making utter fools of the police. Bernie accepts a temporary post in Reinhard Heydrich's state Security Service, with a team of men underneath him tasked purely with hunting the killer.

But can he trust his team any more than he can trust his superiors?

A gripping historical thriller, The Pale Criminal is the second novel in the iconic Berlin Noir series, and an unflinching examination of the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture and the social tensions that pervaded prewar Berlin.

'Blends high-powered storytelling and rich historical re-creation' Independent
'Written with bravado, invention and terrific verve, it has an irresistible freshness' Allan Massie

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