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Not quite a sharp as the trilogy, but welcome back Bernie! - Rated
This is a real surprise, to see Kerr's famous hard-bitten Berlin gumshoe back among the ruins and moral wreckage of post-war Germany and Austria.
If you know the 'Berlin Noir' trilogy, you'll know how well Kerr transferred the authentic voice of Chandler and Hammett into the mouth of Bernie Gunther, sometime officer in the Berlin KRIPO, sometime private eye. Kerr produced two excellent thrillers with Gunther in Nazi Berlin, before moving him post-war to shattered Vienna.
This isn't quite as sharp as those three excellent crime novels, but is a page-turner nevertheless. Kerr weaves his research on war criminals, Israeli revenge gangs, Nazi contact with Zionist Palestine and radical Islamic groups, and the horrors of Nazi (and shockingly US) medical research on prisoners and mental patients, into a compelling plot which drifts a little close to the improbable without ever quite getting there.
A sequel is in the offing, and this book's conclusion strongly suggests it's theme. A great read, and true to the spirit of 'Berlin Noir'. It doesn't look like Bernie's going to get a quiet retirement...
A Nice Surprise - Rated
I didn't expect a great deal from this book, I don't know why. I imagined it would be just another crime novel - nothing unusual - but I ended up getting hooked on it. It IS a crime novel but with a few clever twists and set to the backdrop of Munich and Vienna after the 2nd World War it provided some interesting historical facts. Philip Kerr's style reminded me somewhat of Raymond Chandler and was quite humourous and full of snappy retorts and clever asides. I really did enjoy it and the history of the war plus the settings of post-war Germany made very interesting reading. I would recommend this book - so much so that I am now searching out other titles by the same author.
