Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

What's the first thing you think of doing when you find you only have months to live? Hint: it involves money. A lot of it. And it isn't yours. And the second thing...?

'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD Snap up all 14 novels in the bestselling Bernie Gunther Series in one great-value volume. Ex-policeman Bernie Gunther thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then the Nazis came to power, and Bernie realised the most dangerous criminals were the ones in charge. Follow the tough, sharp-witted detective as he investigates serial killings, political assassination, blackmail and war crimes in Germany and beyond. *********************** PRAISE FOR PHILIP KERR 'Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels are modern classics' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature' TOM HANKS 'One of the greatest master story-tellers in English' ALAN FURST 'One of the most memorable and original characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Bitterly, darkly funny' SUNDAY HERALD