Philip Kerr

"New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad. A portrait of Bernie Gunther in his twenties: He's young, but he's seen four bloody years of trench warfare. And he's not stupid. So when he receives a promotion and a ticket out of Vice squad, he knows he's not really leaving behind the criminal gangs, the perverse sex clubs, and the laundry...

The best-selling author of 20 novels, Philip Kerr has won a devoted following-and there are none more ardent than those who devour his Bernie Gunther series. In 1934, Bernie found himself in Berlin, where he was caught up in intrigue surrounding Hitler, America, and the upcoming Olympiad. Two decades later, Bernie surfaces in Havana. But an old associate has appeared there as well-and might spell trouble of a decidedly deadly nature.

Philip Kerr crafts a thrilling chapter from his critically acclaimed Bernie Gunther series. In Field Gray, Bernie finds himself imprisoned in 1954-and told he can either work for French intelligence or he can hang. Accepting his new job, Bernie begins interviewing POWs returning from Germany. And things get interesting when he meets a French war criminal and member of the French SS who has been posing as a German Wehrmacht officer.

Philip Kerr's intricate novels featuring former Berlin homicide detective Bernie Gunther have earned a hallowed place in the hearts of mystery fans. It's 1950, and Bernie has arrived in Argentina seeking asylum after being falsely identified as a Nazi war criminal. There he investigates the murder of a wealthy banker's daughter in a case reminiscent of one he worked in Germany 18 years before.

"Being a Berlin cop in 1942 was a little like putting down mousetraps in a cage full of tigers. The war is over. Bernie Gunther, our sardonic former Berlin homicide detective and unwilling SS officer, is now living on the French Riviera. It is 1956 and Bernie is the go-to guy at the Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, the man you turn to for touring tips or if you need a fourth for bridge. As it happens, a local writer needs just that, someone to fill the...

After the death of his wife, Kirsten, in a mental hospital, Bernie Gunther calls it quits and opens a private detective agency. A series of missing-Nazi cases sets Bernie on a course that becomes increasingly complicated until he's beaten to a near pulp, had his little finger chopped off and is sent to a mysterious private estate to recover. There he's drawn into a nightmare involving the American occupation and the CIA, and soon his life hangs in...

"Kalinka, a Ukrainian Jewish girl on the run from the Nazis, finds unlikely help from two rare Przewalski horses"--

Berlin, 1928. Der junge Polizist Bernie Gunther wird von der Mordkommission engagiert. Innerhalb von vier Wochen sind vier Prostituierte in derselben Nachbarschaft massakriert worden. Gunther hat kaum Zeit, sich mit seinem ersten Fall vertraut zu machen, da wird die nächste Leiche gefunden - wieder eine Frau, erschlagen und skalpiert. Während diese Morde die Bevölkerung eher gleichgültig lassen, ist der Vater des letzten Opfers, ein sehr einflussreicher...

Im bitterkalten Winter 1947 blühen die Schwarzmarktgeschäfte. Gern verläßt Gunther die Stadt, um in Wien im Fall eines ermordeten Nazijägers zu recherchieren.