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      The Pale Criminal

      by Philip Kerr
      Published
      Jan 1990
      Main Genre
      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      288
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      Bernie Gunther Book 2

      About This Book

      Hailed by Salman Rushdie as a "brilliantly innovative thriller-writer," Philip Kerr is the creator of taut, gripping, noir-tinged mysteries that are nothing short of spellbinding. In this second book of the Berlin Noir trilogy, The Pale Criminal brings back Bernie Gunther, an ex-policeman who thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin—until he turned freelance and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. Hard-hitting, fast-paced, and richly detailed, The Pale Criminal is noir writing at its blackest and best.

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      Book 2
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      Suspense

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      Hard-Boiled Private Investigator Thriller

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      First Edition Jul 2005 Penguin ISBN13 9780142004159 ISBN10 0142004154
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      Oct 1991 Penguin ISBN13 9780140153934 ISBN10 0140153934
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      Nov 2015 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780241976906 ISBN10 0241976901
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      Sep 1990 Viking ISBN13 9780670824335 ISBN10 067082433X
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      Jul 2005 Penguin ISBN13 9781101575932 ISBN10 110157593X
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      Jul 2005 Penguin ISBN10 B006UMI0TA
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      May 2008 Books on Tape ISBN13 9781415946381 ISBN10 1415946388
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      Oct 2008 ISIS Audio Books ISBN10 B005NCHM4W
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