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It is 1956 on the French Riviera. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working as concierge at the Grand Hotel, St Jean Cap Ferrat, living under a false name. The Riviera retains its louche glamour even in these gloomy post-war years - a sunny place for shady people. Bernie plays bridge to stave off boredom and misses his old detective life. Then his past walks through the door in the shape of Harold Hennig, a former captain in the Nazi security service. Bernie never forgets a face, especially when it belongs to a mass murderer who, in 1945, was responsible for the deaths of thousands, among them a woman Bernie loved. Since the war, Hennig has enjoyed a lucrative career as a blackmailer. Hennig's target on the Cote d'Azur is a famous resident with a dark past and plenty to hide - the writer, Somerset Maugham
Emneord
Crime Detective and mystery stories
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Detaljer om materialet
Type
Bog
Sprog
engelsk
Genre
krimi
Emneord
Klassemærke
83
ISBN
97817842951589781784295141
Omfang
341 sider
Forlag
Quercus
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer
Om forfatteren
Philip Kerr
Portræt af forfatteren der kombinere den historiske roman med spændingsgenren i en galgenhumoristisk sproglig stil, der næsten flyder over med velvalgte og originale billeder, der ganske enkelt er en fryd at læse
Forfatterweb, 2014