Bernie Gunther Novel: The Other Side of Silence (Hardcover)

from jamespurcell

WW2 has ended but its bad karmic effect still haunts Bernie Gunther. His dull,uneventful life, as a concierge, on the Riviera is disrupted as he is asked for assistance by a noted author. Aging and very wealthy, as a former spy and lifelong gay W Somerset Maugham is an obvious blackmail target. T...

from muddyboy

The latest in a series of espionage books focusing on an agent named Bernie Gunther. The book takes place during the Cold War and delves into whether people high up in British security have been turned into Communist spies. A major character is Somerset Maugham a well known British author who in ...

from Virginia51

I wish I had read some of the Bernie Gunther novels before this one. I had a little trouble following some of the story at first. There was a great story here though. There were a lot of twists and turns to this story. I give it 4 stars. By the middle of this book I was really enjoying what was h...

from agingcow2345

At this point this is a formula series. You either like the formula [I do] or you don't. The POV jumps back and forth between Berlin in the 30's, a most 'interesting' WW2 career and now the post WW2 Cold War. If I were a series fanatic, I'd be wondering how the author can cram still more action i...

from pennsylady

The Other Side Of Silence We were cautioned on the book's cover not to race through this story. I didn't. It was important to me because it was my first Bernie Gunther. Yeh, I know, where have I been living? I'm pleased to have been sent an ARC and very willing to express my thoughts. Bernie is a...