If The Dead Rise Not - Incomparable World War Two thriller starring Bernie Gunther. Winner ot the 2009 Ellis Peters Award For Historical Crime Fiction
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| Verlag | Quercus |
| Auflage | 2010 |
| Seiten | 464 |
| Format | 19,9 cm |
| Gewicht | 327 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Bernie Gunther 6 |
| ISBN-10 | 1849161933 |
| EAN | 9781849161930 |
| Bestell-Nr | 84916193UA |
Berlin im Jahre 1934. Die Nazis sind seit sechzehn Monaten an der Macht und in Deutschland gehen einige unangenehme Veränderungen vor. Bernie wurde gezwungen, von seinem Posten bei der Mordkommission zurückzutreten, und arbeitet nun als Hausdetektiv in dem berühmten Hotel Adlon. Dort werden 2 Leichen gefunden, die eines Geschäftsmannes und die eines jüdischen Boxers.
Klappentext:
'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD
As Berlin prepares for the 1936 Olympic Games, Bernie is caught between violently opposing factions in a story that comes full circle in 1950s' Cuba.
Berlin 1934. The Nazis have been in power for just eighteen months but already Germany has seen some frightening changes. As the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics, Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organisations - a blatant example of discrimination.
Forced to resign as a homicide detective with Berlin's Criminal Police, Bernie is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. Two bodies are found - one a businessman and the other a Jewish boxer. As Bernie digs to unearth the truth, he discovers a vast labour and construction racket designed to take advantage of the huge sums the Nazis are spending to showcase the new Germany to the world. It is a plot that finds its dramatic and violent conclusion twenty years later in pre-revolut ionary Cuba.
Rezension:
'Kerr's period detail is utterly convincing... a sophisticated thriller that brings the war and its aftermath to life' Independent. Independent