Berlin Noir: March Violets, The Pale Criminal, A German Requiem (Bernie Gunther, 1-3) - Tapa blanda

Discover the original Bernie Gunther stories that make up the late Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir: the tale of an ex-cop turned private investigator uncovering the corruption, lies, brutality and murder that lie at the heart of Nazi Germany in the Thirties and Forties.

Includes March Violets, The Pale Criminal and A German Requiem

Ex-policeman Bernie Günther thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then he went freelance, and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of the Nazi regime.

From a vicious double murder and the search for a stolen necklace to the hunt for a serial sex murderer before the war and then the investigation of the death of an American soldier after it, Bernie Gunther hunts for the truth even as the fearful and guilty alike do everything to hide it.

'The Bernie Gunther novels are first-class, as stylish as Chandler and as emotionally resonant as the best of Ross Macdonald' George Pelecanos

'A brilliantly innovative thriller writer' Salman Rushdie

Ex-Policeman Bernie Günther thought he¹d seen everything on the streets of 1930¹s Berlin. But then he went freelance, and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi sub-culture. And even after the war, amidst the decayed, imperial splendour of Vienna, Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison . . .

'Exceptionally good' The Times

'Taut, brutal, coarse, believable and gripping stuff' Sunday Telegraph

'Echoes of Raymond Chandler but better on his vivid and well-researched detail than the master' Evening Standard

'Full marks . . . Kerr¹s complex intrigue allows space for brilliantly provoking political asides' Sunday Times

'Beautifully written' Scotsman