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1) Metropolis
Author
Series
A Bernie Gunther novel volume 14
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former Berlin homicide bull Bernie Gunther and a rising star in Germany's most prominent film company become pawns in the ambitious agendas of Hitler's dangerous Propaganda Minister.
4) Metropolis
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
473 pages (large print) : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 list of human corruption. It's 1928 and Berlin is a city on the edge of chaos, where nothing is truly verboten. But soon a new wave of shockingly violent murders...