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Berlin Noir: March Violets; The Pale Criminal; A German Requiem Paperback – January 1, 1994

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In BERLIN NOIR, Philip Kerr’s first three Bernie Gunther novels – MARCH VIOLETS, THE PALE CRIMINAL, A GERMAN REQUIEM -- are compiled in one volume, the perfect introduction to the “best crime series around today” (The Daily Beast).

Ex-policeman Bernie Gunther thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then he went freelance, and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. And even after the war, amidst the decayed, imperial splendour of Vienna, Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison...

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Now published in one paperback volume, these three mysteries are exciting and insightful looks at life inside Nazi Germany -- richer and more readable than most histories of the period. We first meet ex-policeman Bernie Gunther in 1936, in March Violets (a term of derision which original Nazis used to describe late converts.) The Olympic Games are about to start; some of Bernie's Jewish friends are beginning to realize that they should have left while they could; and Gunther himself has been hired to look into two murders that reach high into the Nazi Party. In The Pale Criminal, it's 1938, and Gunther has been blackmailed into rejoining the police by Heydrich himself. And in A German Requiem, the saddest and most disturbing of the three books, it's 1947 as Gunther stumbles across a nightmare landscape that conceals even more death than he imagines. (For a review of Kerr's latest novel, The Grid, see our Thrillers section.)

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Paperback: 834 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (January 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140231706
ISBN-13: 978-0140231700
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 1.4 x 7.7 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (394 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I am a WWII buff and like detective stories so seemed worth a look

ByCraig B.on July 26, 2016

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I wandered into this author via some Amazon or Goodreads recommendations. I am a WWII buff and like detective stories so seemed worth a look. This was a 3 pack of the first 3 books in the series. March Violets, Pale Criminal and A German Requiem. Our hero is former police detective Bernie Gunther, now a private investigator. He is in the hard boiled, Sammy Spade, Philip Marlowe, Mike Hammer mode. He is well drawn, doesn't like the Nazi's but doesn't want to get killed or put in a concentration camp. These books really catch the vibe of pre-war and post-war Germany. Bernie has to confront various moral dilemmas as he tries to survive these crazy and oppressive times. Historical characters like Goering and Heydrich are involved in the first 2 books, but in a way that I found believable. Beautiful, but troubled women are in all three books true to this genre's form. The secondary characters are interesting as well. Bernie is a dogged investigator and it is a good read as he follows the evidence where it leads no matter how dangerous. March Violets takes place in 1936 around the time of the Berlin Olympics. A disappearance, and double murder draw him to the highest levels of the Nazi government. A Pale Criminal takes place in Berlin in 1938 and 1939 around Hitler's occupation of the Sudetenland. Life in Berlin continues to deteriorate as Bernie is pressed back into the police department to head up a team that tracks down a serial killer. A German Requiem takes place in post war Berlin and Vienna in 1947. Bernie is enlisted by the Russians to see if he can clear a colleague from the 2nd book of the murder of an American intelligence officer. This one had the most twists and turns and we find out a little bit of how Bernie survives the war without getting involved in the atrocities. These are dark, in the noir style, but there is plenty of humor as well. There is a bit of graphic violence, not too much though. I think that the first one, March Violets was my favorite, but I liked them all.

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Hard-boiled Historical Crime Fiction at its best

BySuncoaston June 13, 2015

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This trilogy is a great introduction to the excellent Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr - one of the best hardboiled police/crime series I have read for a long time. It is extra special because the series is set with meticulously researched historical detail in Nazi Germany before and after the war and is seamlessly integrated with some of the key happenings and powerful personalities of that time.

Bernhard (Bernie) Gunther is a hard-boiled Berlin detective who served eleven years as a homicide detective in Kripo (Berlin's criminal police) and left in 1933 when the National Socialists started to purge the force of all non-party members. He becomes a private investigator and then is forced back to Kripo by the Nazis. After witnessing mass killings he fights on the Eastern Front and becomes a POW with the Russians.

Gunther was never a Nazi or a war criminal but went through the war at the front because opposing what was happening was too painful to contemplate. He is not averse to some brutality where necessary in his work, has a tough and rough sense of humour, is constantly cynical but while he is sometimes morally-compromised he has a pragmatic sense of right and wrong.

March Violets: A Bernie Gunther Novel, set in 1936, has Gunther investigating the murder and torching of the daughter and son-in-law of a powerful German steel magnate and an associated safe robbery. The investigation gets mixed up with Nazi issues and Bernie gets involved with Goering (in a cameo role) and Reinhard Heydrich, the prime architect of the Holocaust.

The Pale Criminal: A Bernie Gunther Novel, set in 1938, has Gunther forced back into Kripo by Heydrich to find a serial killer of Aryan teenage girls who are Nazi sympathisers.

A German Requiem: A Bernie Gunther Novel is set after the war in Berlin and mostly in occupied Vienna. Bernie is asked to help a former colleague and black marketeer accused of the murder of an American officer. In the process he gets dangerously involved with both the "Amis" and the "Ivans" in Cold War tensions and with some major war criminals.

Philip Kerr is a first class thriller author who can write heavily-plotted, hard-boiled and frequently violent crime novels seamlessly set against a fascinating background of Berlin before the war and Vienna after the war. This is wonderful stuff for a crime-fiction junkie like me who loves his doses of history with a crime-fiction background. This is the first time that I have read through a trilogy without a break and I really enjoyed all of the books - highly recommended. I am hooked on reading the rest of the series very soon.

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Brutal but engaging.

ByDave FarisVINE VOICEon November 13, 2015

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I really like this series. I bought the hard cover years ago, and sold it, and decided I needed it back, in e-book form. These are the first three in one book, but the author has published plenty more. As you might guess, it can get pretty grim at times. Bernie Gunther, the protagonist, has to deal with some pretty brutal antagonists ... some are famous people whose names you will recognize. I think what I like best about these novels is the palpable way they pull you in. In these three stories, you really get an idea of what it was like to be in Germany just before, and then during the second world war. You can experience the excesses and deprivation of nazi Germany. It's not light reading, and be prepared to have the stories stick with you for quite some time.

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Returned with a gratuity.

ByClefstick1on June 11, 2017

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These novels are on re-reading--among the best. The Chandler vision of LA is not only borrowed but returned with a gratuity. I wonder if there could be meeting between Marlowe and Gunther. Who would be the toughest?

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Brilliant Noir Detective stories

If you like noir mysteries and you haven't tried the Bernie Gunther novels by Philip Kerr, you are missing out. Brilliant!

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Philip Kerr -- My new favorite author!

I love the way Kerr writes. His similes are hilarious! :-)

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Good but not excellent writing. Author did lots of research.

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Published 2 months ago by Natalie

I liked the premise

I liked the premise, I liked the time period, I liked the writing. The plot took some unexpected twists, some of which I did not like, and the ending in all three novels was...Read more

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I felt the novel to be at times somewhat improbable

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Excellent Trilogy of pre and post WW II Germany told from the perspective of a German Kripo/P I.

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good too long 3 chapter book.

There were no page or location numbers shown to give the reader an idea as to where one was in the story which totally frustrated me!!Read more

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