A quiet flame
by Kerr, Philip
"Buenos Aires, 1950. After being falsely accused of war crimes, Bernie Gunther--like the Nazis he has always despised--has been offered a new life and a clean passport by the Perón government. But the tough, fast-talking ex-Berlin detective doesn't have the luxury of laying low. The local police pressure Bernie into taking on a case in which a girl has turned up gruesomely mutilated. What's more, her murder just might be linked to a missing German banker's daughter and a long-unsolved case Bern…
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- Full title :A quiet flame / Philip Kerr.
Summary
"Buenos Aires, 1950. After being falsely accused of war crimes, Bernie Gunther--like the Nazis he has always despised--has been offered a new life and a clean passport by the Perón government. But the tough, fast-talking ex-Berlin detective doesn't have the luxury of laying low. The local police pressure Bernie into taking on a case in which a girl has turned up gruesomely mutilated. What's more, her murder just might be linked to a missing German banker's daughter and a long-unsolved case Bernie worked back in Berlin before the war. After all, the scum of the earth has been washing up on Argentine shores--state-licensed murderers and torturers--so why couldn't a serial killer be among them?"--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2009
- Edition:First G.P. Putnam's Sons trade paperback edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2009
The Physical Object
- Description:389, 11 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780143116486, 0143116487
- oclc:on1021246190
- LC Classification:PR6061.E784
- Dewey Decimal:823.92
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