A quiet flame
by Kerr, Philip
British novelist Kerr's fifth Bernie Gunther thriller finds the German private detective in 1950 Argentina, where he has fled with other "Old Comrades" after his identity was compromised (see "The One from the Other"). Bernie's past as a police officer involuntarily absorbed into the SS continues to dog his heels. Recognized by Colonel Montalban of Juan Peron's secret police, he is forced into investigating an apparent lust murder and the disappearance of a wealthy young girl. The first case ha…
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- Full title :A quiet flame / Philip Kerr.
Summary
British novelist Kerr's fifth Bernie Gunther thriller finds the German private detective in 1950 Argentina, where he has fled with other "Old Comrades" after his identity was compromised (see "The One from the Other"). Bernie's past as a police officer involuntarily absorbed into the SS continues to dog his heels. Recognized by Colonel Montalban of Juan Peron's secret police, he is forced into investigating an apparent lust murder and the disappearance of a wealthy young girl. The first case has eerie similarities to an unsolved homicide that Bernie investigated in Berlin in 1932; the second ties in with an attempt to seize Nazi plunder hidden in Swiss banks. But the situation becomes complicated as the detective risks his life to track down and interrogate several ex-Nazis involved in nefarious deeds. -- Library Journal
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
Notes
"A Marian Wood book."
Originally published: London : Quercus, 2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:389, 11 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780143116486, 0143116487
- oclc:ocn549504079
- LC Classification:PR6061.E784
- Dewey Decimal:823.92
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