{"product_id":"the-lady-from-zagreb-paperback","title":"The Lady from Zagreb - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Kerr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003eEdgar(R) Award-nominated novel in Philip Kerr's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series, f\u003c\/b\u003eormer detective and unwilling SS officer Bernie Gunther is on the hunt for a beautiful femme fatale...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin, 1942\u003c\/i\u003e. Three players take the stage. The first, a gorgeous actress--the rising star of a giant German film company controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. The second, the very clever, very dangerous Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels--a close confidant of Hitler, ambitious schemer, and flagrant libertine. Finally, there's Bernie Gunther--a former Berlin homicide bull now forced to run errands at the Propaganda Minister's command. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Goebbels tasks Bernie with finding the woman the press have dubbed \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003ethe German Garbo, \u003cb\u003e\" \u003c\/b\u003ehis errand takes him from Zurich to Zagreb to the killing fields of Croatia. It is there that Bernie finds himself in a world of mindless brutality where everyone has a hidden agenda--perfect territory for a true cynic whose instinct is to trust no one.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Kerr\u003c\/b\u003e was the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, three of which--\u003ci\u003eField Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady from Zagreb\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrussian Blue\u003c\/i\u003e--were finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Kerr also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. Just before his death in 2018, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. As P.B. Kerr, he was the author of the much-loved young adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772756361504,"sku":"9781101982518","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/560b046fc820e689de5633b3bdac3550.webp?v=1780413378","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lady-from-zagreb-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}