March Violets
2015
Ratings10
Average rating3.5
15
Ratings10
Average rating3.5
Bernhard Gunther is a private eye, specializing in missing persons. And in Hitler's Berlin, he's never short of work ... Winter 1936. A man and his wife have been shot dead in their bed. The woman's father, a millionaire industrialist, wants justice--and the priceless diamonds that disappeared along with his daughter's life. As Bernie follows the trail into the cesspit that is Nazi Germany, he's forced to confront a horrifying conspiracy. One that takes him to the very heart of government, and eventually, to Dachau ... The first in the iconic Berlin Noir series, March Violets takes readers to the rotten heart of Nazi Berlin, and introduces a private eye in the great tradition of Hammett and Chandler--back cover.
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12 primary booksBernie Gunther is a 12-book series with 12 primary works first released in 1989 with contributions by Philip Kerr.
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I felt like a genius when I guessed right regarding the big twist: the dead woman wasn't the daughter, but the mistress, and that the daughter was absconding with the necklace and daddy's personal secretary to start a new life in the UK. It was just like in one of Lee Childs's Jack Reacher books, only here she gets raped to death instead of starting a new life.It was pretty surprising about the concentration camp stuff, but still more surprising that Gunther's assistant just vanishes and he never finds her. Or at least, not in this book - is it possible that she resurfaces in a later installment? Hmm.
The 1930's Nazi Germany setting is interesting, the Chandleresque dialogue a bit overdone for my taste.
