Book summary

Detective Bernie Gunther has only been in Buenos Aires for a few weeks before Colonel Montalbán requests his assistance in tracking down the person who brutally killed a teenager. Gunther, who has found exile in Argentina after World War II, worked on several cases in Berlin that Montalbán thinks might be relevant to solving this murder, and amongst the many Germans now living in Buenos Aires, there might be someone who knows something. Gunther just has to be careful not to learn too much--or to let those with something to hide know that he knows.

Media reviews

"Kerr, who's demonstrated his versatility with high-quality entries in other genres, cleverly and plausibly grafts history onto a fast-paced thriller plot." (starred review)