Field Gray -- Philip Kerr

<b>This Edgar(R) Award-nominated novel in Philip Kerr's <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Bernie Gunther series reveals the cynical, hard-boiled detective's harrowing history as an unwilling SS officer in World War 2. <p/></b>During his eleven years working homicide in Berlin's Kripo, Bernie Gunther learned a thing or two about evil. Then he set himself up as a private detective--until 1940 when Heydrich dragooned him into the SS's field gray uniform and the bloodbath that was the Eastern Front. Spanning twenty-five tumultuous years, <i>Field Gray</i> strides across the killing fields of Europe, landing Bernie in a divided Germany at the height of the Cold War--revealing a treacherous world where the ends justify the means and no one can be trusted...<br><br><b>Author:</b> Philip Kerr<br><b>Publisher:</b> G.P. Putnam's Sons<br><b>Published:</b> 02/28/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 464<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.65lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780143120728<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times Book Review</i> 05/06/2012 pg. 28<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Philip Kerr</b> was the<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, three of which--<i>Field Gray</i>, <i>The Lady from Zagreb</i>, and <i>Prussian Blue</i>--were finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers' Association Elli