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A review by traveller1
A German Requiem by Philip Kerr
4.0
A well written and solid detective story, set amidst the grim and harsh world of post-war Germany and Austria. Our hero is now a former Russian POW, eking out a marginal existence in the ruins of Berlin as, again, a private detective. Suddenly, he is offered a small fortune to prove that a former associate did not in fact murder a US officer. This case leads Gunther to Vienna, and a mess of intrigue, between the US and the Soviets, and his fellow Germans.
The story does suffer just a tad from the 'wrap it all up at the end, with lots of exposition' syndrome, but understandably so. I found the story depressing. The sense of loss and hopelessness of life in Europe at that time, with the background suffering of refugees and survivors, came through all to well. Recommended.
The story does suffer just a tad from the 'wrap it all up at the end, with lots of exposition' syndrome, but understandably so. I found the story depressing. The sense of loss and hopelessness of life in Europe at that time, with the background suffering of refugees and survivors, came through all to well. Recommended.