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Berlin homicide detective and reluctant SS officer Bernie Gunther is summoned by the celebrated author W. Somerset Maugham to dismantle a complex web of blackmail, with the threat of exposed dangerous secrets looming large. As Gunther delves deeper, the trail leads through the underbelly of Nazi Germany, drawing him into the machinations of Hitler’s Third Reich. The investigation intensifies further when evidence points to the development of a bomb in Russia, turning Gunther’s mission into a high-stakes, cross‑national thriller.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Philip Kerr
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