A Quiet Flame, Philip Kerr
A Quiet Flame, Philip Kerr
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A Quiet Flame

Author: Philip Kerr

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/27/2012


Synopsis

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?

Reviews

I want you to know that this an excellent thriller, which is why you see 5 stars at the top, even though it probably merits only 4.5. In my GR friend, Matt’s review of Operation Paperclip he notes: “…the Cold War started to change the definition of justice. Sentences were reduced. Nazis who’d been re......more

Λυπάμαι ειλικρινά που δεν είχα διαβάσει ως τώρα κάποιο βιβλίο του Philip Kerr και δεν είχα γνωρίσει τον ντετέκτιβ Μπέρνχαρτ Γκούντερ...Ευτυχώς,ποτέ δεν είναι αργά και έγινε η αρχή! Έχουν προηγηθεί άλλα 4 ή 5 βιβλία από αυτό(τα οποία ΕΝΝΟΕΙΤΑΙ έχω προσθέσει στη λίστα μου)και δεν μπορώ να συγκρίνω εκεί......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

This one isn't quite as tightly plotted or suspenseful as the previous book, though every bit as dark, and relies a bit too much on coincidence to tie some of the plot threads together. Yet the big mystery at the core of the story, with true to life historical underpinnings, remains compelling, as d......more

Goodreads review by Maria

Καλημερούδια και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους!!! Τι πιο ωραίο να ξεκινάω την εβδομάδα μου έχοντας να κάνω κριτική σε ένα βιβλίο που με συντρόφευσε αυτό το Σαβ/κο και κυρίως σε ένα συγγραφέα που η γνωριμία μας ξεκίνησε με τη μορφή κεραυνοβόλου έρωτα στη Μοιραία Πράγα και μετά τη Φλόγα που σιγοκαίει τείνει ν......more