1941: Reinhard Heydrich is hosting a gathering to celebrate his new position.
Bernie can think of better ways to spend a beautiful autumn weekend, but, as he says, You don\'t say no to Heydrich and live..
One of them is the would-be assassin.
Tipped off that there is an assassin in his midst, he orders Bernie to join him at his country estate outside Prague, where he has invited some of the Third Reich\'s most odious officials to celebrate his new appointment.
Heydrich has been newly named Reichsprotector of Czechoslovakia.
Bernie is back from the Eastern Front, once again working homicide in Berlin\'s Kripo and answering to Reinhard Heydrich, a man he both detests and fears.
Berlin, 1941 .
Former detective and reluctant SS officer Bernie Gunther must infiltrate a brutal world of spies, partisan terrorists, and high-level traitors in this clever and compelling( The Daily Beast ) New York Times bestseller from Philip Kerr.
A complex tale of spies, partisan terrorists, vicious infighting, and a turncoat traitor situated in the upper reaches of the Third Reich.
All are high-ranking Party members and each is a suspect in a crime as yet to be committed. 1941: Reinhard Heydrich is hosting a gathering to celebrate his new position
