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The Other Side of Silence
Blackmail, espionage and a mass murderer from his wartime past await Bernie Gunther on the French Riviera.
‘A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal’ Sunday Times
The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving Somerset Maugham, one of the most famous British writers of the 20th century, and the notorious Cambridge Spies. All of them have dark pasts and plenty to hide – ideal candidates for a seasoned blackmailer.
‘A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal’ Sunday Times
The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving Somerset Maugham, one of the most famous British writers of the 20th century, and the notorious Cambridge Spies. All of them have dark pasts and plenty to hide – ideal candidates for a seasoned blackmailer.
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Reviews
A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal
The Other Side of Silence makes for a welcome break from the relentlessly grim atmosphere in which Bernie is accustomed to working
Kerr's novels are modern classics
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life - Sunday Times
Bernie Gunther is one of the more interesting and original private eyes in thriller fiction
His Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are [Kerr's] masterpiece
As near perfection as makes no difference
Brilliantly done, of course
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life
A brilliantly twisting tale of espionage and betrayal
The Other Side of Silence makes for a welcome break from the relentlessly grim atmosphere in which Bernie is accustomed to working
Kerr's novels are modern classics
Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers in its blend of wit, careful plotting and the kind of detail that brings the past to life - Sunday Times
Bernie Gunther is one of the more interesting and original private eyes in thriller fiction
His Raymond Chandleresque mysteries about a cynical Berlin cop reluctantly working for the Nazis are [Kerr's] masterpiece
As near perfection as makes no difference
Brilliantly done, of course
