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Prussian Blue

Bernie Gunther Thriller 12

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 The twelfth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris. 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' Lee Child

France, 1956. Bernie Gunther is on the run. If there's one thing he's learned, it's never to refuse a job from a high-ranking secret policeman. But this is exactly what he's just done. Now he's a marked man, with the East German Stasi on his tail.

Fleeing across Europe, he remembers the last time he worked with his pursuer: in 1939, to solve a murder at the Berghof, Hitler's summer hideaway in the Bavarian Alps. Hitler is long dead, the Berghof now a ruined shell, and the bizarre time Bernie spent there should be no more than a distant memory.

But as he pushes on to Berlin and safety, Bernie will find that no matter how far he thinks he has put Nazi Germany behind him, for him it will always be unfinished business. The Berghof is not done with Bernie yet.

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Critic reviews

Once again Kerr leads us through the fact of history and the vagaries of human nature (Tom Hanks)
Bernie Gunther is as insubordinate, combative, interesting and entertaining as ever . . . yet another Kerr triumph
Bernie Gunther - sly, subversive, sardonic, and occasionally hilarious - is one of the greatest anti-heroes ever written, and as always he lights up this tough and unflinching novel. We're in good hands here
In Prussian Blue, Philip Kerr once more shows himself one of the greatest master story-tellers in English. The narrative is swift and adept, and so well-grounded in the history and custom of the period that the reader is totally immersed
The twelfth Bernie Gunther mystery is as brisk and agile as its German police detective protagonist
Gunther offers a wry view of several real figures, notably Heydrich and Bormann, and a pithy up-close analysis of the whole Nazi machine. Thrilling
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So well written by Philip Kerr and read by Jonathan Keeble. it's almost impossible to think these events truly happened but we know that the outcome is horrendous history that nobody should ever forget so that it can never be repeated.

enlightening

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Simply the best Bernie Gunther novel yet! I can't say anything more other than Philip Kerr doesn't dissapoint.

Brilliant.

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The writing and the narration are superb. It is the only detective stories that always make me laugh Bernie’s one liners are the best.

Bernie gets it again.

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Again an exciting romp, a pulp noir and European history all combined.
Mr Keeble’s characterisations must rank as amongst the best. A perfect pairing.

Marvellous novel and performance.

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Never tire of Bernie’s trials and tribulations. History as fiction through the eyes of the Commissar is spellbinding and appalling all at the same time.

Page turner!

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