The Pale Criminal The Pale Criminal
Book 2 - Bernie Gunther

The Pale Criminal

A Bernie Gunther Novel

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Publisher Description

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...

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1990
September 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
943.8
KB

Customer Reviews

CindyJD ,

A mirror of current times

“The Pale Criminal, though set in 1938, is a mirror of current times. Economic hardship, political dissatisfaction, leaders who care more for power than for the people, and the rise of a class of citizens who care more for propaganda than they care for truth.

JonFAnd ,

Excellent

Excellent

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