March Violets (Crime, Penguin) - Softcover

Kerr, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140114661 ISBN 13: 9780140114669

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1990

Synopsis

Set in 1936, against the backdrop of Hitler's rise to power, this tense thriller begins with Bernhard Gunther's investigation into the disappearance of a diamond necklace. But nothing is simple in this corrupt landscape, and Bernie soon finds himself caught in a web of Nazi politics and organized crime.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Kerr is the author of nine widely acclaimed Bernie Gunter novels, most recently The Man Without Breath. Field Gray, the seventh in the series, was a finalist for the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr has also been a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best Hardcover Fiction and he won the British Crime Writers Associations Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. Under the name P. B. Kerr, he is the author of the much-loved young adult series Children of the Lamp. He lives in London.

From Publishers Weekly:

In an "impressive" debut mystery novel, Bernhard Gunther is a hard-boiled Berlin detective hired by a wealthy industrialist to find the murderer of his daughter and son-in-law, killed during the robbery incorrect here.eed theft of a priceless diamond necklace. "Narrator Gunther is a spirited guide through the chaos of 1930s Berlin and, more important, a detective cast in the classic mold," observed PW .
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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140114661
• ISBN 13: 9780140114669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256