21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Other Side of Silence: Bernie Gunther Thriller 11
Philip Kerr
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Other Side of Silence: Bernie Gunther Thriller 11
Paperback. Blackmail, espionage and a mass murderer from his wartime past await Bernie Gunther on the French Riviera in this thrilling new adventure: 'A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal' Sunday Times Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 278 x 31. Weight in Grams: 280.
Blackmail, espionage and a mass murderer from his wartime past await Bernie Gunther on the French Riviera. 'A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal' Sunday Times The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving one of the most famous British writers of the 20th century and the notorious Cambridge Spies. Bernie is missing his old detective life when his past walks through the door in the shape of Harold Hennig, a former captain in the Nazi security service - the man who, in 1945, was responsible for the deaths of thousands, among them a woman Bernie loved. Hennig now enjoys a lucrative career as a blackmailer. Hennig's target on the Cote d'Azur is a famous resident with a dark past and plenty to hide - the writer, Somerset Maugham. A shared love of bridge draws Bernie to Maugham's magnificent villa, where Maugham tells him of the existence of a very compromising photograph. Taken in 1937, it shows Maugham among a group of naked men beside a swimming pool - one of whom is the infamous spy and homosexual, Guy Burgess, who, with Donald Maclean, has recently defected to Moscow. Hennig has the photograph and is demanding $50,000 for its release. Bernie is reluctant to become Maugham's agent but his former life has made him as vulnerable to blackmail as Maugham himself. Not only that - he has a massive score to settle with Hennig.
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784295585
SKU
V9781784295585
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Philip Kerr
Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp. Philip died in March 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death.
Reviews for The Other Side of Silence: Bernie Gunther Thriller 11
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life
Sunday Times
Brilliantly done, of course
Weekend Sport
Brilliantly done, of course
Weekend Sport
As near perfection as makes no difference
Crime Fiction Lover
As near perfection as makes no difference
Crime Fiction Lover
His Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are [Kerr's] masterpiece
The Sun
His Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are [Kerr's] masterpiece
The Sun
Bernie Gunther is one of the more interesting and original private eyes in thriller fiction
The Times
Bernie Gunther is one of the more interesting and original private eyes in thriller fiction
The Times
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life - Sunday Times
Sunday Times
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life - Sunday Times
Sunday Times
Kerr's novels are modern classics
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Kerr's novels are modern classics
Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Other Side of Silence makes for a welcome break from the relentlessly grim atmosphere in which Bernie is accustomed to working
Washington Post
The Other Side of Silence makes for a welcome break from the relentlessly grim atmosphere in which Bernie is accustomed to working
Washington Post
A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal
Sunday Times
A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal
Sunday Times
Sunday Times
Brilliantly done, of course
Weekend Sport
Brilliantly done, of course
Weekend Sport
As near perfection as makes no difference
Crime Fiction Lover
As near perfection as makes no difference
Crime Fiction Lover
His Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are [Kerr's] masterpiece
The Sun
His Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are [Kerr's] masterpiece
The Sun
Bernie Gunther is one of the more interesting and original private eyes in thriller fiction
The Times
Bernie Gunther is one of the more interesting and original private eyes in thriller fiction
The Times
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life - Sunday Times
Sunday Times
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life - Sunday Times
Sunday Times
Kerr's novels are modern classics
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Kerr's novels are modern classics
Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Other Side of Silence makes for a welcome break from the relentlessly grim atmosphere in which Bernie is accustomed to working
Washington Post
The Other Side of Silence makes for a welcome break from the relentlessly grim atmosphere in which Bernie is accustomed to working
Washington Post
A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal
Sunday Times
A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal
Sunday Times