![]() ![]() and Kerr has more than a few surprises planted for Gunther and readers along the way. Bernie is forced to give the Greek a hand. The case takes a turn, though, when a Greek cop traces the gruesome style of execution back to a killer who made a name for himself in World War II. ![]() On the other hand, Bernie Gunther isn’t the type of man to walk away from a murder, and it doesn’t take long for him to start poking around looking for answers. On one hand, Witzel’s death means that Bernie’s new employer is off the hook on the insurance claim, which means his job is theoretically done. His theory is hammered home when Witzel is later found dead, shot through each eyeball. ![]() It turns out that the ship once belonged to a Greek Jew deported to Auschwitz, and Bernie begins to wonder if the sinking was somehow intentional. The ship’s owner, Siegfried Witzel, a former member of the Wehrmacht Navy and an experienced diver, speaks with Bernie. Now, his new position as claims adjuster sends him to Athens to investigate the sinking of a ship called the Doris, which allegedly caught on fire while looking for Greek artifacts. No longer a cop, Bernie takes his decades of experience and applies it towards his new career, working with an insurance company - the latest in a revolving door of odd jobs, a list that included receiving employment from a mortician. German Detective Bernie Gunther returns for his 13th adventure, set in 1957, in Philip Kerr’s latest novel, Greeks Bearing Gifts. ![]()
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