Berlin Noir: The Bernie Gunther Thrillers of Philip Kerr (R.I.P.)

In 1989, first-time British author Philip Kerr introduced the world to Bernie Gunther, his sardonic, tough-talking fictional detective who was — as the New York Times put it — "the right kind of hero for his time... and ours."Gunther hates the Nazis, but he sees that as a character strength. In addition, it's the real world that he lives in. His talent is solving crimes, what surrounds this is there to be negotiated – something he does in various ways throughout the series.