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Book 13 - Bernie Gunther

Greeks Bearing Gifts

A Bernie Gunther Novel

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Publisher Description

A vicious murder puts Bernie Gunther on the trail of World War 2 criminals in Greece in this riveting historical thriller in Philip Kerr's New York Times bestselling series.

Munich, 1956. Bernie Gunther has a new name, a chip on his shoulder, and a dead-end career when an old friend arrives to repay a debt and encourages "Christoph Ganz" to take a job as a claims adjuster in a major German insurance company with a client in Athens, Greece.

Under the cover of his new identity, Bernie begins to investigate a claim by Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war. Witzel's claimed losses are large , and, even worse, they may be the stolen spoils of Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz. But when Bernie tries to confront Witzel, he finds that someone else has gotten to him first, leaving a corpse in his place.

Enter Lieutenant Leventis, who recognizes in this case the highly grotesque style of a killer he investigated during the height of the war. Back then, a young Leventis suspected an S.S. officer whose connection to the German government made him untouchable. He's kept that man's name in his memory all these years, waiting for his second chance at justice...

Working together, Leventis and Bernie hope to put their cases--new and old--to bed. But there's a much more sinister truth to acknowledge: A killer has returned to Athens...one who may have never left.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2018
April 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
528
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
3.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Men With Gloves ,

Another Great Bernie Gunther Read

It is 1957 (?) and Bernie is a morgue attendant in West Germany. An intricate plot gets him into the insurance business and eventually to Greece to investigate a claim.
It is terrific as we get a Greek history lesson, try to distinguish the shadows from evil, get Bernie’s wisecracks, beautiful Elli, and moral dilemmas. It is a fast paced page turner that keeps you guessing until the end.

Sail Two ,

Kerr’s Best

One of Kerr’s best if not his best. Some really interesting insights and reveals regarding post WW2 Greece and it’s relationship with both Germany and the EEC. Bernie Gunther as “Everyman German” with regard to personal as well as corporate German conscience re the horrors of the War years that they inflicted on others. A great story!

The White Car ,

Middle of the road

I enjoy Bernie Gunther but this book seemed to drag on a bit. The history lesson was good and I hope his relation with the dragon queen leads to more adventures

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