Philip Kerr's fifth Bernie Gunther mystery, A Quiet Flame (2008) takes place in 1950 after the war in Argentina. It is specifically Argentina, because historically this is where many Nazis fled after the war to a Juan Peron led government that was sympathetic to the Nazis. In fact, Kerr's book retains a number of true life figures such as Adolf Eichman and Joseph Mengele among others. It con tins many flashbacks to a case Gunther was working in 1936 in Berlin that helps him crack the case he's working on in 1950. There's plenty of Raymond Chandler inspired dialogue as ell romance and lots of action-another entertaining addition ot he series.
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