Dark times in the shadow of the Third Reich

A Man Without Breath

**By Philip Kerr**

**Quercus, €15**

**Reviewed by Julian Fleming**

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Philip Kerr's series of Berlin Noir novels introduced the world to Bernie Gunther, a gruff, hard-bitten private detective plying his trade in the Berlin of the Nazis, a dark, terrifying city of disappearing people. The books are notable for their intricate plots and razor-sharp dialogue, and Bernie is an unusually frank yet endearing bastion of integrity in a place ...