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The Pale Criminal
Bernie Gunther (Related to this series)
- Author
- Philip Kerr
- Narrator
- Jonathan Keeble
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 11 November 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
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What to expect
A series of horrific ritual murders leads Bernie Gunther to an occult conspiracy at the very heart of the Nazi Party - hard-boiled noir thriller for fans of Raymond Chandler and John le Carré
Five German schoolgirls are missing. Four have been found dead. But unlike the undesirables who make up the majority of dead and missing people in Hitler's Berlin, these girls were blonde and blue-eyed - the Aryan flower of German maidenhood - and their gruesome deaths recall ritual killings.
Busy with a blackmail case, Bernie is reluctant when he is asked to rejoin the Berlin police in order to track down the murderer. But when the person doing the asking is none other than head of the SD, Reinhard Heydrich, it's not exactly a request he can turn down. As Bernie gets closer to the truth, he realises that at the heart of this case is much more than one lone madman - in fact, there is a conspiracy at work more chilling than he could ever have imagined.
(P) 2021 Quercus Editions Limited
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Gunther and his creator shine once more in a dark, seedy, evil, very noir setting.
Superb narration from Keeble.LazloWoodbine 2026-07-07
Details
- Author
- Philip Kerr
- Narrator
- Jonathan Keeble
- Duration
- 9 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 November 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529406993
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Thriller / suspense fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILDA series of horrific ritual murders leads Bernie Gunther to an occult conspiracy at the very heart of the Nazi Party - hard-boiled noir thriller for fans of Raymond Chandler and John le CarréFive German schoolgirls are missing. Four have been found dead. But unlike the undesirables who make up the majority of dead and missing people in Hitler's Berlin, these girls were blonde and blue-eyed - the Aryan flower of German maidenhood - and their gruesome deaths recall ritual killings.Busy with a blackmail case, Bernie is reluctant when he is asked to rejoin the Berlin police in order to track down the murderer. But when the person doing the asking is none other than head of the SD, Reinhard Heydrich, it's not exactly a request he can turn down. As Bernie gets closer to the truth, he realises that at the heart of this case is much more than one lone madman - in fact, there is a conspiracy at work more chilling than he could ever have imagined.(P) 2021 Quercus Editions Limited
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