Hailed by Salman Rushdie as a “brilliantly innovative thriller-writer,” Philip Kerr is the creator of taut, gripping, noir-tinged mysteries that are nothing short of spellbinding. The first book of the Berlin Noir trilogy, March Violets introduces readers to Bernie Gunther, an ex-policeman who thought he’d seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin—until he turned freelance and each case he … and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. Hard-hitting, fast-paced, and richly detailed, March Violets is noir writing at its blackest and best.
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great example of Nazi era noir; slightly different but as entertaining as Furst.
I love his books. It’s sad that he is gone. I’m looking forward to his last book but sad that there will be no more. He will be missed.
A gritty glimpse inside the inner workings of the Third Reich. Also a good detective story that will keep you glued to book.
Great book but should have been only 2/3’s the length. My interest waned.
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So, while I was waiting for the fourth book in the Hannah Vogel series to arrive at my house, I decided to start on the Bernard Gunther series. Why not? I was already in the detective mood. Bernard Gunther, nicknamed Bernie, is a private investigator in 1936 Berlin. He is practically kidnapped one night by a group of men who …
Classic noir
A wonderful sense of history & place. Informative, witty & a unique crime novel from a recently deceased writer who deserves a larger audience.