Ace detective Bernie Gunther returns in another fast-moving and riveting tale set in post-war Argentina...
Posing as an escaping Nazi war criminal, Bernie Gunther arrives in Buenos Aires and, having revealed his real identity to the local chief of police, discovers that his reputation as a detective goes before him.
Meanwhile, a young girl has been murdered in peculiarly gruesome circumstances that strongly resemble Bernie's final case as a homicide detective with the Berlin police, a case he failed to solve.
Circumstances lead the chief of police in Buenos Aires to suppose that the murderer may be one of several thousand ex-Naxis who have fetched up in Argentina since 1945.
And, therefore, who better than Bernie Gunther to help him track down that murderer?
Full of fascinating period detail, entertaining dialogue and with a detective you can't help but like, this is an explosive and powerful crime thriller.
(Quercus, hardback, £14.99)
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