Bernie Gunther, Berlin's hardest-boiled private eye, returns in this his latest outing. Moving the plot from Pre-War Germany to the dangers of Argentina in 1950 and the post-war world of Hitler's most notorious war-criminals, Kerr yet again delivers a powerful, compelling thriller.Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal Bernie Gunther arrives in Buenos Aires and, having revealed his real identity to the local chief of police, discovers that his reputation as a detective goes before him.A young girl has been murdered in peculiarly gruesome circumstances that strongly resemble Bernie's final case as a homicide detective with the Berlin police during the dog days of the Weimar Republic. A case he had failed to solve.Circumstances lead the chief of police in Buenos Aires to suppose that the murderer may be one of several thousand ex Nazis who have fetched up in Argentina since 1945. And, therefore, who better than Bernie Gunther to help him track that murderer down? Reluctantly Bernie agrees to help the police and discovers much more than he, or even they bargained for.Redolent with atmosphere and featuring compelling portraits of real characters such as Eva and Juan Peron, Adolf Eichmann, and Otto Skorzeny this novel ends up asking some highly provocative questions about the true extent of Argentina's Nazi collaboration and anti-Semitism under the Perons.
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Hardback Editions
March 2009 : Hardback
| Title: A Quiet Flame Author(s): Philip Kerr ISBN: 0-399-15530-9 / 978-0-399-15530-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2008 : Hardback
| Title: A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Mystery Author(s): Philip Kerr ISBN: 1-84724-356-8 / 9781847243560 (UK edition) Publisher: Quercus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2008 : Paperback
| Title: A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Mystery Author(s): Philip Kerr ISBN: 1-84724-558-7 / 9781847245588 (UK edition) Publisher: Quercus Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
March 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Quiet Flame, A: A Bernie Gunther Mystery Author(s): Philip Kerr ISBN: 1-84724-357-6 / 9781847243577 (UK edition) Publisher: Quercus Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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