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A review by balthazarlawson
The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Daria Dresner is the lady from Zagreb. She is a actress working under Joseph Goebbels making propaganda movies. However, she is reluctant to make the next movie unless Josef will help her find her father who is somewhere in Croatia. This is where Bernie Gunther comes in with the job of finding the missing father.
But this takes place a third of the way into the book and before that it just muddles along starting in 1942 after Bernie was working for Heydrich and before he started working for the war crimes bureau. Then it jumps a year, to when Bernie had returned from his time in Russia working on the recovery of dead Polish officers, which was covered in the previous book in the series.
The time line in all these books overlap one another and jumps about so much that really they could be read in any order. I could just as easily read the previous book in the series now, if I had not already read it.
I found this book to be a bit disjointed and rather unbelievable in some aspects, namely why hasn't someone put a bullet into the back of Bernie's head. He has a certain style but he just goes too far at times pushing his luck. He should have been buried in a shallow grave by now. This isn't has good as other books in the series but worth a read.
But this takes place a third of the way into the book and before that it just muddles along starting in 1942 after Bernie was working for Heydrich and before he started working for the war crimes bureau. Then it jumps a year, to when Bernie had returned from his time in Russia working on the recovery of dead Polish officers, which was covered in the previous book in the series.
The time line in all these books overlap one another and jumps about so much that really they could be read in any order. I could just as easily read the previous book in the series now, if I had not already read it.
I found this book to be a bit disjointed and rather unbelievable in some aspects, namely why hasn't someone put a bullet into the back of Bernie's head. He has a certain style but he just goes too far at times pushing his luck. He should have been buried in a shallow grave by now. This isn't has good as other books in the series but worth a read.