The lady from Zagreb

421 pages

English language

Published Sept. 8, 2015

ISBN:: 9780399167645
OCLC Number:: 892041363

(2 reviews)

"From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much-anticipated return of Bernie Gunther in a series hailed by Malcolm Forbes as "the best crime novels around today." A beautiful actress, a rising star of the giant German film company UFA, now controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. The very clever, very dangerous Propaganda Minister-close confidant of Hitler, an ambitious schemer and flagrant libertine. And Bernie Gunther, former Berlin homicide bull, now forced to do favors for Joseph Goebbels at the Propaganda Minister's command. This time, the favor is personal. And this time, nothing is what it seems. Set down amid the killing fields of Ustashe-controlled Croatia, Bernie finds himself in a world of mindless brutality where everyone has a hidden agenda. Perfect territory for a true cynic whose instinct is to trust no one"--

"The tenth installment of the Bernie Gunther series by the author of PRAGUE FATALE and A MAN …

"From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much-anticipated return of Bernie Gunther in a series hailed by Malcolm Forbes as "the best crime novels around today." A beautiful actress, a rising star of the giant German film company UFA, now controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. The very clever, very dangerous Propaganda Minister-close confidant of Hitler, an ambitious schemer and flagrant libertine. And Bernie Gunther, former Berlin homicide bull, now forced to do favors for Joseph Goebbels at the Propaganda Minister's command. This time, the favor is personal. And this time, nothing is what it seems. Set down amid the killing fields of Ustashe-controlled Croatia, Bernie finds himself in a world of mindless brutality where everyone has a hidden agenda. Perfect territory for a true cynic whose instinct is to trust no one"--

"The tenth installment of the Bernie Gunther series by the author of PRAGUE FATALE and A MAN WITHOUT BREATH"--

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airdog reviewed The lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr

Review of 'The lady from Zagreb' on 'GoodReads'

2 stars

The first half of the book felt as if it had been written by someone who was forced to write protesting that he had nothing to write about. I have read most of Kerr's books and liked them very much but this one, at least the first half, twists so much around insignificant content that one wonders why the author is writing at all.

The second half picks up and feels more like getting down to real business but is an honest novel at best.

airdog reviewed The lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr

Review of 'The lady from Zagreb' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

The first half of the book felt as if it had been written by someone who was forced to write protesting that he had nothing to write about. I have read most of Kerr's books and liked them very much but this one, at least the first half, twists so much around insignificant content that one wonders why the author is writing at all.

The second half picks up and feels more like getting down to real business but is an honest novel at best.

Subjects

Private investigators
Mystery & Detective
FICTION
Fiction
Historischer Kriminalroman
Suspense
Thrillers
General
History

Places

Germany