Philip Kerr
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It is 1956 and Bernie Gunther has a new name (Christoph Ganz), a clean passport, a chip on his shoulder, and a menial low-paying job in Munich. And then an old friend arrives to repay a debt. He encourages Bernie to take a job as a claims adjuster in a major German insurance company. When Bernie tries to confront Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war, he finds that somebody else has gotten to him...
22) A quiet flame
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
British novelist Kerr's fifth Bernie Gunther thriller finds the German private detective in 1950 Argentina, where he has fled with other "Old Comrades" after his identity was compromised (see "The One from the Other"). Bernie's past as a police officer involuntarily absorbed into the SS continues to dog his heels. Recognized by Colonel Montalban of Juan Peron's secret police, he is forced into investigating an apparent lust murder and the disappearance...
25) Metrópolis
Author
Series
Publisher
RBA Libros
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
En 1928, Berlín vive sus últimos días de desenfreno antes de la caída de la República de Weimar. En medio de toda esa vorágine, se encuentra Bernie Gunther, un joven policía que acaba de incorporarse al equipo de Homicidios. Su primer trabajo consiste en investigar las muertes de unas prostitutas a las que les han arrancado el cuero cabelludo. Cuando apenas ha empezado a estudiar el caso, aparece un nuevo cadáver. Y poco después,...
26) One small step
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.