"Warts and all -- Kerr makes little attempt to hide them -- Bernie Gunther remains endearing, entertaining, and eminently forgivable."
~ Kirkus Reviews
"Kerr's attention to detail and command of the intricacies of German history has made Gunther one of the great creations of modern thriller writing.
Every book is rich, compelling, beautifully written, and with a central character that it's impossible not to admire."
~ The Boston Globe
"On any continent, in any decade, no one does melancholy better than Bernie Gunther, and melancholy, after all, is the hard-boiled-mystery fan's emotion of choice."
~ Booklist
"[Bernie Gunther] is the right kind of hero for his time -- and ours."
~ The New York Times Book Review
"Part of the allure of these novels is that Bernie is such an interesting creation, a Chandleresque knight errant caught in insane historical surroundings.
Bernie walks down streets so mean that nobody can stay alive and remain truly clean."
~ National Public Radio
"In Bernie Gunther, Kerr has created a plum example of that irresistible folk hero, the detective who is the only honourable man in a wicked world."
~ Daily Telegraph
"The point of the character is that he is an Everyman figure designed to highlight the moral dilemmas that might have confronted any one of us in the situation he finds himself in...
That's the question I am always asking myself in these books. What would I have done?"
~ Philip Kerr
"Gunther is smart, tough, and muscularly unillusioned."
~ The Boston Globe
"Bernie -- with his Humphrey Bogart-like blend of sardonic humour and sombre integrity -- is among the most winning of current sleuths."
~ Sunday Times
"Bernie isn't one of those detectives who gets to solve crimes and put things right.
Instead, he just tries to behave decently in a world where the serial killers run governments and history itself may be the biggest crime of all."
~ National Public Radio
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