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The One From The Other

Bernie Gunther Thriller 4

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The One From The Other

By: Philip Kerr
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD

Bernie Gunther has learned the hard way that there's no way to distinguish 'the one from the other'. The cynical P.I. sees through the deceit and hypocrisy of both friend and foe - a lifesaving skill in postwar Germany.

Munich, 1949 is home to all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work: cleaning up the Nazi past of well-to-do locals, abetting fugitives in the flight abroad, sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. It's work that fills Bernie with disgust - but it also fills his sorely depleted wallet. Then a woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back - he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he's dead.

It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple...

(P) 2021 Quercus Editions Limited©2007 Thynker Limited Historical International Mystery & Crime Modern Detectives Mystery Thriller & Suspense Fiction War Suspense
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An amazing book which taught me even more about this time period . Very well researched details wrapped up in an intriguing thriller.

Worth app stars!

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Ok, it became quite obvious what he’d got himself into, but how was he going to get out of it - that was nice!

Set up

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A thriller that is also a history lesson delivered supremely by Jonathan Keeble. I can't wait to listen to the next book!

Another perfect Bernie Gunter story

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You wouldn’t want to be Bernie in this book. The poor chap ends up in deep do do. Battered and bruised doesn’t come close. Well worth a read.

Bernie gets played.

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I have enjoyed the Bernie Gunther novels over the years. As a first person narrator his character is central to the pleasure of the story. Here we have him deal with the individuals struggle with history, how does one survive in a time of chaos and how does the individual cope with a moral compass that is out of key with those around you. Moral compromise and guilt haunt Bernie. But the stories aren’t heavy existential philosophy masquerading as a thriller. There is dark comedy, inheriting a hotel in Dachau, there is a twisting plot in which no one is who the say they are, and understanding of events changes as the story develops for the reader and Bernie. And there is the history, always accurate and informative. Some listeners comment on the narrator’s voice, for me Jonathon Keeble sounds a tired European , so I enjoyed his reading and found his Bernie Gunther as authentic as a fictional character can be. A good listen, a good story well told

Characterful historical thriller

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