From New York Times–bestselling
author Philip Kerr, the much-anticipated return of Bernie Gunther in a
series hailed by Malcolm Forbes as “the best crime novels around today.”
A beautiful actress, a rising star of the giant German film company
UFA, now controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. The very clever, very
dangerous Propaganda Minister—close confidant of Hitler, an ambitious
schemer and flagrant libertine. And Bernie Gunther, former Berlin
homicide bull, now forced to do favors for Joseph Goebbels at the
Propaganda Minister’s command.
This time, the favor is personal. And this time, nothing is what it seems.
Set down amid the killing fields
of Ustashe-controlled Croatia, Bernie finds himself in a world of
mindless brutality where everyone has a hidden agenda. Perfect territory
for a true cynic whose instinct is to trust no one.