A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Novel (Bernie Gunther Mystery 5): Bernie Gunther Thriller 5 - Softcover

Philip Kerr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847245587 ISBN 13: 9781847245588

Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc, 2008

Synopsis

Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal Bernie Gunther 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.

Circumstances lead the chief of police in Buenos Aires to suppose that the murderer may be one of several thousand ex Nazis who have fetched up in Argentina since 1945. And, therefore, who better than Bernie Gunther to help him track that murderer down?

Redolent with atmosphere, this novel ends up asking some highly provocative questions about the true extent of Argentina's Nazi collaboration and anti-semitism under the Peróns.

About this title

Review:

'Kerr brilliantly evokes the edgy atmosphere of the post-war period in one of the most gripping and accomplished detective novels published this year' Sunday Times.

'Cogently plotted odyssey ... cracking stuff' The Times.

'One of the great achievements of contemporary crime fiction powerful and impressive' Observer. --Reviews.

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1847245587
• ISBN 13: 9781847245588
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448