March Violets

March Violets

1989 • 460 pages

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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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Bernie Gunther

Bernie Gunther is a 12-book series with 12 primary works first released in 1989 with contributions by Philip Kerr.

March Violets
The Pale Criminal
A German Requiem
The One from the Other
A Quiet Flame
If the dead rise not
Field Gray
Prague Fatale
The Lady from Zagreb
The Other Side of Silence
Prussian blue : a Bernie Gunther novel
Greeks Bearing Gifts : Bernie Gunther Thriller 13

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April 27, 2023

The 1930's Nazi Germany setting is interesting, the Chandleresque dialogue a bit overdone for my taste.

July 18, 2019

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http://www.amazon.com/review/R8S7ZJH1FKIHO/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

December 13, 2013

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