But there's a much more sinister truth to acknowledge: A killer has returned to Athens.one who may have never left. Working together, Leventis and Bernie hope to put their cases - new and old - to bed. He's kept that man's name in his memory all these years, waiting for his second chance at justice.
officer whose connection to the German government made him untouchable. Back then, a young Leventis suspected an S.S. But when Bernie tries to confront Witzel, he finds that someone else has gotten to him first, leaving a corpse in his place.Įnter Lieutenant Leventis, who recognizes in this case the highly grotesque style of a killer he investigated during the height of the war. Witzel's claimed losses are large, and, even worse, they may be the stolen spoils of Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz. Under the cover of his new identity, Bernie begins to investigate a claim by Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war. Bernie Gunther has a new name, a chip on his shoulder, and a dead-end career when an old friend arrives to repay a debt and encourages "Christoph Ganz" to take a job as a claims adjuster in a major German insurance company with a client in Athens, Greece. And, deep down, Bernie thinks they may have a point.A vicious murder puts Bernie Gunther on the trail of World War 2 criminals in Greece in this riveting historical thriller in Philip Kerr's New York Times best-selling series. As Europe prepares to move on to a more united future with Germany as a partner rather than an enemy, at least one person in Greece is ready neither to forgive nor forget. When he discovers the ship in question once belonged to a Greek Jew deported to Auschwitz, he is convinced the sinking was no accident but an act of vengeance.Īnd so Bernie is once again drawn inexorably back to the dark history of the Second World War, and the deportation of the Jews of Salonika - now Thessaloniki. Sent to Athens to investigate a claim from a fellow German for a sunken ship, Bernie takes an instant dislike to the claimant. It makes a kind of sense: both cops and insurance companies have a vested interest in figuring out when people are lying to them, and Bernie has a lifetime of experience to call on. Bernie Gunther's latest move in a string of varied careers sees him working for an insurance company. 'One of the greatest master story-tellers in English' ALAN FURSTġ957, Munich. 'Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature' TOM HANKS 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD Bernie Gunther returns in the thirteenth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris.
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