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The Pale Criminal
Philip Kerr
其他書名
A Bernie Gunther Novel
出版
Penguin
, 2005-06-28
主題
Fiction / Noir
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled
ISBN
110157593X
9781101575932
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IjPmagMKuFoC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Hard-boiled detective Bernie Gunther takes on a depraved serial killer terrorizing 1930's Berlin in the second gripping mystery in Philip Kerr’s
New York Times
bestselling series.
In the sweltering summer heat wave of 1938, the German people anxiously await the outcome of the Munich conference, wondering whether Hitler will plunge Europe into another war. Meanwhile, private investigator Bernie Gunther has taken on two cases involving blackmail. The first victim is a rich widow. The second is Bernie himself.
Having been caught framing an innocent Jew for a series of vicious murders, the Kripo—the Berlin criminal police—are intent on locating the real killer and aren't above blackmailing their former colleague to get the job done. Temporarily promoted to the rank of Kommissar, Bernie sets out to solve the dual mysteries and begins an investigation that will expose him to the darkest depths of humanity...