What a pleasure to find my disillusioned hero, tortured, basically allergic to any form dautorité Bernhard Gunther! We're back in Berlin in September 1941. Bernie is back from the front of the East, somewhat unsettled by what he has seen and lived despite him not far from being suicidal. In any case less Nazi than ever. But this is a conscientious man, who does his work in the Department of denquêteur homicides Kripo, located Alexanderplatz. Seriously, thoroughly, while remaining very attracted to the beautiful young women. He is called to Prague by the terrifying Reinhard Heydrich, for he will discover soon unmask a spy in the service of the Czech resistance. In fact, the day after his arrival in the summer residence of the "Protector" of Bohemia and Moravia, one of four general aides was murdered. A murder behind a heavy door locked and a window close, no one has heard anything. Philip Kerr knows what it owes to the "Mystery of the Yellow Room" and even more "Roger Akroyd Murder". All actors are suspect, and they are very numerous: all could have a motive to get rid of the young captain, even the "cauliflower", these senior officers of the SS largely embroidered uniforms acorns and leaves The atmosphere is tense, Czech opponents are sought everywhere (that will eventually fulfill their dream, attempt on Heydrich's life), are suspected spies for the British everywhere. Heydrich sows terror, this is the top cop of the Reich, Himmler and hated by just dévincer Frank. Bernie Gunther is under no illusion: it is in a deadly viper's nest and will unravel the son of lenigme brilliantly but so dangerous. But this is good in his habits to get well in untenable situations. We do not ask sil will extricate lorsquon The rest of his adventures, particularly in Argentina in the 50s, but sinterroge on the "how." In fact, and this is the only weakness of the novel, the author proceeds here by ellipsis In short, a novel Dune implacable logic, where lon discovered in all their details sordid indecencies of dHitler companions misery of these extraordinary ordinary German became torturers With, as always with Kerr, a fantastic historical research that makes you doubt what that is or is not true. Quimporte?
