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A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Mystery | 
 enlarge | Author: Philip Kerr
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1164
Media: Paperback
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1847245587
EAN: 9781847245588
ASIN: 1847245587
Publication Date: October 2, 2008
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Well written, intelligent novel November 7, 2008
Penylan (Cardiff, Wales)
I have not read Phillip Kerr before but was attracted to this book by the reviews on here. Whilst I do not like the main character Bernie Gunter - indeed I found him deelpy irritating with the off pat oneliners whatever the circumstance - I really did like the book and learnt a lot about post war Argentina and the Nazi expatriate generation. It was well written, fast moving and ultimately with a satisfying conclusion. Not sure I like Bernie enough to read another from the series but did enjoy this one.
Pleasant read October 26, 2008
Nomad in Caledonia (Scotland)
I enjoyed reading this book. Not only it's a well written crime novel, it also provides a credible insight into pre- Nazi Germany helping to understand context for their ascend to power.
The only thing is that did not leave long lasting impression, as few months on I can't quite remember all of the plot.
A brilliant read September 3, 2008
Jl Adcock (Ashtead UK)
The latest Philip Kerr novel seems once again to have slipped in under the radar. He really has made the whole Nazi period his own - concentrating not just on the obvious war years, but what happened both before Hitler came to power - and what happened to Nazis after 1945. A Quiet Flame is skilfully done - weaving 1950's Buenos Aires with an unsolved murder from Berlin in 1932 almost seamlessly.
And at the heart of the story once again is Bernie Gunther - this time under a new guise and living in South America - but up against old adversaries and uncovering murky secrets from the past. Kerr breaths life convincingly into his characters and settings - and the history is seriously well done, but worn lightly, so it doesn't get in the way of a rattling good story.
What else is there to add, other than here's hoping for more. This latest batch of Gunther stories is as good as - if not better - than the original Berlin Noir trilogy, and that's saying something.
A Quiet Masterpiece April 7, 2008
G. J. Oxley (Tyne & Wear, England)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
Fans of Philip Kerr's original trilogy of Bernie Gunther books were delighted last year when after a gap of 17 years, a fourth volume `The One from the Other' hit the bookshops in July.
Barely nine months on and there's a very welcome fifth book in the series. And while reading it, it becomes clear that there are plans for at least one more volume from `the thinking reader's thriller writer'
Ex-Berlin homicide detective/private eye/SS officer Bernie Gunther finds himself in Buenos Aries, Argentina in 1950 (read `The One From The Other' to find out why), a time when Juan Peron's government offered a safe haven for Nazi war criminals. The action switches largely between Berlin in 1932 - and Bernie's last abandoned case as a police officer when the mutilated body of a spastic teenage girl is discovered - and Buenos Aires in 1950 where he is invited to investigate a case with striking similarities.
What appears to be a simple case turns out to be anything but; twist is piled upon twist, and Gunther unwraps layer after layer until the final shocking revelation is revealed.
Once again, this is peopled with real personalities - Juan and Evita Peron, Adolf Eichmann, Joseph Mengele etc. - and blends fiction with conjecture based upon historical fact. It includes a chilling portrait of the man who was third ranked in the SS at the end of World War II, General Hans Kammler; perhaps the most heinous SS officer never to be caught.
Bernie Gunther is a great creation, never afraid to poke his nose into things he's been warned to keep out of. He's brave, principled and wisecracking - one character remarks he has a 'smart mouth' - and that gets him into trouble. He's a throwback to the golden age of Hammett and Chandler.
This intelligent, gripping thriller is richly detailed and tightly plotted. It has a moving ending (I won't give it away) that cries out for the sequel that will inevitably follow. All in all, this is top stuff.
So why not five stars? I'm benchmarking this against the best of Philip Kerr and it's not quite up there with 'A Philosophical Investigation' and one or two others.
But unfortunately, I have to agree with a previous reviewer's comments; this novel contains a whole slew of typos. Who the heck is responsible for proof-reading these books, and can I please have his job?
A quiet and disturbing book March 27, 2008
NickR (UK)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
It's astonishing to me that Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther books still seem relatively little known. All the more pleasure for this reader, then, when another in the series appears unexpectedly on the bookshelves. This time Bernie is in Argentina in 1950, where thousands of Nazi fugitives and tens of thousands of refugees co-exist uneasily. It's the perfect location for some grimy, low-key action.
What a shame, then, that this excellent book has been so poorly copy-edited. We have mis-spelled and wrongly accented Spanish, "dyeing" spelled "dying", "Bernard Weiss" becoming "Bernhard Weiss" after a few pages, "practice" (the noun) repeatedly being spelled "practise" (the verb), "epicentre" being lazily used where "centre" was meant, and so on. Yes, the author must take some blame, but really - this is what editors are paid to pick up.
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