| The Pale Criminal: A Bernie Gunther Novel Contributor(s): Kerr, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142004154 ISBN-13: 9780142004159 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2005 Annotation: Hailed by Salman Rushdie as a brilliantly innovative thriller-writer, Philip Kerr is the creator of taut, gripping, noir-tinged mysteries that are nothing short of spellbinding. In this second book of the Berlin Noir trilogy, "The Pale Criminal" brings back Bernie Gunther, an ex-policeman who thought hed seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlinuntil he turned freelance and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. Hard-hitting, fast-paced, and richly detailed, "The Pale Criminal" is noir writing at its blackest and best. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Noir |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005045842 |
| Series: Bernie Gunther Novel |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.16" W x 7.68" (0.43 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hard-boiled detective Bernie Gunther takes on a depraved serial killer terrorizing 1930's Berlin in the second gripping mystery in Philip Kerr's New York Times bestselling series. In the sweltering summer heat wave of 1938, the German people anxiously await the outcome of the Munich conference, wondering whether Hitler will plunge Europe into another war. Meanwhile, private investigator Bernie Gunther has taken on two cases involving blackmail. The first victim is a rich widow. The second is Bernie himself. Having been caught framing an innocent Jew for a series of vicious murders, the Kripo--the Berlin criminal police--are intent on locating the real killer and aren't above blackmailing their former colleague to get the job done. Temporarily promoted to the rank of Kommissar, Bernie sets out to solve the dual mysteries and begins an investigation that will expose him to the darkest depths of humanity... |