A quiet flame

A quiet flame

by Kerr, Philip

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"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 Pern 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 Berni…

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Title Statements

  • 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 Pern 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 Argentina's shores--state-licensed murderers and torturers--so why couldn't a serial killer be among them?"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:copyright 2009.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin Books
  • Place of Publication:New York, New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:copyright 2009.

Notes

Includes an excerpt from the author's book "If the Dead Rise Not."

Originally published: London : Quercus, 2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:389, 11 pages ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780143116486, 0143116487
  • oclc:on1142771073
  • LC Classification:PR6061.E784
  • Dewey Decimal:823/.914

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