Field Gray: A Bernie Gunther Novel

Field Gray: A Bernie Gunther NovelThis Edgar(R) Award nominated novel in Philip Kerr's New York Times bestselling Bernie Gunther series reveals the cynical, hard boiled detective's harrowing history as an unwilling SS officer in World War 2. During his eleven years working homicide in Berlin's Kripo, Bernie Gunther learned a thing or two about evil. Then he set himself up as a private detective until 1940 when Heydrich dragooned him into the SS's field gray uniform and the bloodbath

This Edgar(R) Award-nominated novel in Philip Kerr's New York Times bestselling Bernie Gunther series reveals the cynical, hard-boiled detective's harrowing history as an unwilling SS officer in World War 2.

During his eleven years working homicide in Berlin's Kripo, Bernie Gunther learned a thing or two about evil. Then he set himself up as a private detective--until 1940 when Heydrich dragooned him into the SS's field gray uniform and the bloodbath that was the Eastern Front. Spanning twenty-five tumultuous years, Field Gray strides across the killing fields of Europe, landing Bernie in a divided Germany at the height of the Cold War--revealing a treacherous world where the ends justify the means and no one can be trusted...

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 02/28/2012
ISBN: 9780143120728
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/06/2012 pg. 28