March Violets

<b>Discover the first crime novel in the late Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series - <i>Berlin Noir</i> - set in Hitler's Germany during the 1930s . . . <br><br></b>Winter, 1936. A man and his wife shot dead in their bed, their home burned. The woman's father, a millionaire industrialist, wants justice - and the priceless diamonds that disappeared along with his daughter's life. He turns to Bernhard Gunther, a private eye and former cop.<br><br>As Bernie follows the trail into the very heart of Nazi Germany, he's forced to confront a horrifying conspiracy. A trail that ends in the hell that is Dachau . . .<br><br>Stylishly written and powerfully evocative, Kerr's crime classic transports readers to the rotten heart of Nazi Berlin, and introduces a private eye in the great tradition of Hammett and Chandler.<br><br><b>'Wonderfully sharp and satirical' <i>Times</i></b><br><b><br>'An impressive debut' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>'Fast-paced, laconic, unpredictable, and witty' <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>'For Christmas, I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels' Sam Mendes, <i>Guardian</i></b>