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Book SynopsisThe twelfth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris. 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' Lee Child
France, 1956. Bernie Gunther is on the run. If there's one thing he's learned, it's never to refuse a job from a high-ranking secret policeman. But this is exactly what he's just done. Now he's a marked man, with the East German Stasi on his tail.
Fleeing across Europe, he remembers the last time he worked with his pursuer: in 1939, to solve a murder at the Berghof, Hitler's summer hideaway in the Bavarian Alps. Hitler is long dead, the Berghof now a ruined shell, and the bizarre time Bernie spent there should be no more than a distant memory.
But as he pushes on to Berlin and safety, Bernie will find that no matter how far he thinks he has put Nazi Germany behind him, for him it will always be unfinished business. The Berghof is not done with Bernie yet.
Trade ReviewOnce again Kerr leads us through the fact of history and the vagaries of human nature -- Tom Hanks
Bernie Gunther is as insubordinate, combative, interesting and entertaining as ever . . .
yet another Kerr triumph * Sunday Times *
Bernie Gunther - sly, subversive, sardonic, and occasionally hilarious - is
one of the greatest anti-heroes ever written, and as always
he lights up this tough and unflinching novel. We're in good hands here * Lee Child *
In Prussian Blue, Philip Kerr once more shows himself
one of the greatest master story-tellers in English. The narrative is
swift and adept, and so well-grounded in the history and custom of the period that
the reader is totally immersed * Alan Furst *
The twelfth Bernie Gunther mystery is as
brisk and agile as its German police detective protagonist * Washington Post *
Gunther offers a wry view of several real figures, notably Heydrich and Bormann, and
a pithy up-close analysis of the whole Nazi machine.
Thrilling * Sunday Times Crime Club *
