Man Without Breath fast-paced historical thriller from a global bestselling author
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Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp. Philip died in March 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death.One of the <b>greatest anti-heroes</b> ever written
Lee Child
<b>Richly layered</b> . . . reliably <b>remarkable </b>on every level
The Sunday Times
A <b>compelling, elegantly constructed </b>thriller
Financial Times
Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature
Tom Hanks
Bitterly, <b>darkly funny</b>
Sunday Herald
Humour seems like an affirmation of the human spirit in a world in which inhumanity holds sway, and makes Kerr's <b>brilliant</b> novels all the more <b>affecting</b>
Daily Telegraph
One of the <b>greatest master story-tellers</b> in English
Alan Furst
The <b>real pleasure</b> in these books is in Kerr's<b> total mastery</b> of the world he's created
Sport
[Kerr's] Raymond <b>Chandleresque</b> mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are his <b>masterpiece </b>
Sun
Kerr's novels are <b>modern classics</b>
Simon Sebag Montefiore
A <b>detailed and nuanced</b> portrait of Nazi Germany
Spectator
<b>Kerr is</b> <b>at the top of his game</b> with his Hitler-era Berlin detective, Bernie Gunther
Tribune
The good detective trying to do his best within a corrupt regime [. . .] but it can safely be said that few writers have tackled the theme with the rigour of Philip Kerr
Independent
One of the most <b>memorable</b> and <b>original</b> characters
The Sunday Times
'Compelling ... Elegantly constructed' Financial Times.
Financial Times
'Richly layered ... Remarkable' Sunday Times.
Sunday Times
'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD
Berlin, March 1943. The mood in Germany is bleak after their stunning defeat at Stalingrad. Private Investigator Bernie Gunther is at work in the German War Crimes Bureau - weary, cynical but well aware of the value of truth in a world where that's now a rarity.
When human remains are found deep in the Katyn Forest, Bernie is sent to investigate. Rumour has it that this mass grave is full of Polish officers murdered by the Russians. For Josef Goebbels, proof of Russian involvement is sure to destroy the Western Alliance, giving Germany a chance to reverse its devastating losses. But supposing the truth is far more damaging to the German cause?
It's Bernie Gunther's job to give Goebbels what he needs. But when there's nothing left for Gunther to lose, the compulsion to speak the truth becomes ever stronger...