A quiet flame
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Philip Kerr returns with his best-loved character, Bernie Gunther, in the fifth novel in what is now a series: a tight, twisting, compelling thriller that is firmly rooted in history.A Quiet Flame opens in 1950. Falsely fingered a war criminal, Bernie Gunther has booked passage to Buenos Aires, lured, like the Nazis whose company he has always despised, by promises of a new life and a clean passport from the Perón government. But Bernie doesn?t have the luxury of settling into his new home and lying low. He is soon pressured by the local police into taking on a case in which a girl has turned up dead, gruesomely mutilated, and another?the daughter of a wealthy German banker?has gone missing. Both crimes seem to connect to an unsolved case Bernie worked on back in Berlin in 1932. It?s not so far-fetched that the cases might be linked: 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?But Argentina, just like Germany, holds terrible secrets within its corrupt halls of power. When beautiful Anna Yagubsky seeks Gunther out, desperate for help, to find out what happened to her Jewish aunt and uncle who have disappeared, he is drawn into a horror story that rivals everything he has tried so hard to leave behind half a world away.In this new postwar world, Bernie Gunther is a man without a name or a country, but still in full possession of his conscience. He is ?the right kind of hero for his time?and ours.? (Marilyn Stasio,The New York Times Book Review)
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Subjects
Argentina -- History -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
Crimes against
Fiction
Girls
Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Gunther, Bernhard
Gunther, Bernhard -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Nazis
Nazis -- Fiction
Politics and government
Private investigators
Private investigators -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Undercover operations
Undercover operations -- Fiction
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
Crimes against
Fiction
Girls
Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Gunther, Bernhard
Gunther, Bernhard -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Nazis
Nazis -- Fiction
Politics and government
Private investigators
Private investigators -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Undercover operations
Undercover operations -- Fiction
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9780399155307
9781101016473
9781470330941
9781101016473
9781470330941
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Grouping Title | quiet flame |
Grouping Author | philip kerr |
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display_description | In this riveting historical mystery novel from New York Times bestselling author Philip Kerr, Bernie Gunther trails a serial killer in 1950's Buenos Aires... 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 Argentina's shores—state-licensed murderers and torturers—so why couldn't a serial killer be among them? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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series | Bernard Gunther Bernie Gunther | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
series_with_volume | Bernard Gunther| Bernie Gunther|5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | Argentina -- History -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction Gunther, Bernhard -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Historical fiction Mystery fiction Nazis -- Fiction Private investigators -- Fiction Suspense fiction Undercover operations -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | A quiet flame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | A Quiet Flame A quiet flame / Philip Kerr A quiet flame [electronic resource] / Philip Kerr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | A quiet flame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Crimes against Fiction Girls Gunther, Bernhard Historical Fiction History Mystery Nazis Politics and government Private investigators Undercover operations |