Now in one volume--the first three novels in Philip Kerrs New York Times bestselling historical mystery series starring hard-boiled detective Bernie Gunther... A Chandleresque knight errant caught in insane historical surroundings. Bernie walks down streets so mean that nobody can stay alive and remain truly clean.--John Powers, Fresh Air (NPR) Ex-policeman Bernie Gunther thought hed seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then he went freelance, and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. And even after the war, amidst the decayed, imperial splendour of Vienna, Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison... This collection includes: MARCH VIOLETSTHE PALE CRIMINALA GERMAN REQUIEM