Most Popular Books by Philip Kerr

In a futuristic world where blood is more valuable than gold, a man, whose daughter needs regular blood transfusions, must do all he can to get at the supplies. From the author of MARCH VIOLETS and DEAD MEAT. Reissued.

Scott Manson''s job managing London City football team is over. When he starts a new job in Barcelona, it turns out his new employers only want him for his detective skills: their star player is missing, and they need to find him fast. As Scott tracks the player from Paris to Antigua, he uncovers corruption, kidnapping and murder.

Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He''s also their all-round fixer - he gets the lads in to training, and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. The players love him, the bosses trust him. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team''s beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks. Even Scott Manson can''t smooth over murder ... but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?

Dark Matter is historical mystery at its finest, an extraordinary, suspense-filled journey through the shadowy streets and back alleys of London with the gifted Sir Isaac Newton and his faithful protégé, Christopher Ellis. The haunted Tower with its bloody history is the perfect backdrop for this richly satisfying tale of life in seventeenth-century London.

Three outstanding historical thrillers in one superb volume. Treat yourself to the further adventures of Bernie Gunther, the iconic detective, ''One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written'' - Lee Child ''Kerr''s Bernie Gunther novels are modern classics'' Simon Sebag Montefiore THE ONE FROM THE OTHER Munich, 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat, it''s home to all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work. It''s work that fills Bernie with disgust - but it also fills his sorely depleted wallet. Then a woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She''s not looking to get him back - he''s a monster. She just wants confirmation that he''s dead. It''s a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple. A QUIET FLAME Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal, Bernie Gunther arrives in Buenos Aires and, having revealed his real identity to the local chief of police, discovers that his reputation as a detective goes before him. A young girl has been murdered in circumstances that strongly resemble Bernie''s final case as a homicide detective with the Berlin police. A case he had failed to solve. The chief of police suspects that the murderer may be one of thousands of ex Nazis who have fetched up in Argentina since 1945. Who better, therefore, than Bernie Gunther to help him track that murderer down? IF THE DEAD RISE NOT - Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Berlin 1934. The Nazis have been in power for just eighteen months but already Germany has seen some frightening changes. As the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics, Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organisations - a blatant example of discrimination. Forced to resign as a homicide detective, Bernie is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. Two bodies are found - one a businessman and the other a Jewish boxer. As Bernie digs to discover who killed them, he unearths a plot that finds its violent conclusion twenty years later in pre-revolutionary Cuba.

The first three thrillers in the internationally acclaimed and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. ''The greatest anti-hero ever written'' - LEE CHILD MARCH VIOLETS Hired by a wealthy industrialist to investigate the murder of his daughter and her husband, Bernie finds himself drawn into the lethal internal politics of the Nazi party. When Hermann Goering himself calls Bernie in with a task for him that throws his existing case into a whole new light, he must weigh up his hatred of the Nazis against his desire to live. THE PALE CRIMINAL Five German schoolgirls are missing. Four have been found dead, victims of horrific ritual murders. Bernie Gunther is reluctant to investigate, but when Reynhard Heydrich gives you an order, you obey it if you want to stay alive. What Bernie discovers is far worse than a lone madman: an occult conspiracy at the very heart of the Nazi Party. A GERMAN REQUIEM Postwar Vienna was supposed to be somewhere quiet for Bernie to lie low. Then he is asked to clear an old Kripo colleague''s name of murder. This man belonged to a secret society of Nazi hunters, and before he knows it Bernie is face to face with men who have been presumed dead for years. They got away with their crimes once. Bernie will see it doesn''t happen again.

In 1942, there are many worse places to be than Zurich, and detective Bernie Gunther has seen his fair share of them. So when a superior asks him to track down a glamorous German actress believed to be hiding in Zurich, he takes the job. Not that he has much choice: the superior is Goebbels himself. Soon Bernie finds himself involved in something much more sinister. The actress, it emerges, is the daughter of a fanatical Croatian fascist, the sadistic commandant of a notorious concentration camp. And the Swiss police have a cold case that they want Bernie to take a look at: one that seems to have connections to some powerful people back in the Reich. The Lady from Zagreb is another inimitable Bernie Gunther investigation from Philip Kerr: a rich, dark and fast-paced adventure of a nightmarish time and a lonely, indomitable hero.

While volcanoes spew golden lava around the world, djinn twins John and Philippa, with their parents, Uncle Nimrod, and Groanin, face evil more powerful than ever before when they try to stop the wicked djinn trying to rob the grave of Genghis Khan.

In this user-friendly book, Philip Kerr provides a clear overview of key trends in ELT, identified through analysis of current ELT discourse. The book is divided into sections on language, learning, teaching and evidence for easy navigation, and covers a wide range of topics including plurilingualism, wellbeing, digital literacies, metacognition, flipped learning, gamification, mediation, and critical thinking. It explores how and why each trend is significant, discusses how it is reflected in current practice and critically evaluates its application and impact.

Twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John have more adventures when they become involved in an international adventure involving the Blue Djinn, the supreme arbiter of all Djinn.

When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.

It''s 1956 and Bernie Gunther is on the run. Ordered by Erich Mielke, deputy head of the East German Stasi, to murder Bernie''s former lover by thallium poisoning, he finds his conscience is stronger than his desire not to be murdered in turn. Now he must stay one step ahead of Mielke''s retribution. The man Mielke has sent to hunt him is an ex-Kripo colleague, and as Bernie pushes towards Germany he recalls their last case together. In 1939, Bernie was summoned by Reinhard Heydrich to the Berghof: Hitler''s mountain home in Obersalzberg. A low-level German bureaucrat had been murdered, and the Reichstag deputy Martin Bormann, in charge of overseeing renovations to the Berghof, wants the case solved quickly. If the Fuhrer were ever to find out that his own house had been the scene of a recent murder - the consequences wouldn''t bear thinking about.

Djinn twins John and Philippa Gaunt are back and ready to tackle a brand-new magical mystery. As they travel around the world on a whirlwind adventure, the twins help their friend and fellow djinn, Dybbuck, find out who murdered his best friend, using the venomous snakebite of the king cobra. All too soon, John and Philippa find themselves caught up in the lethal world of the Cult of the Nine Cobras, only to discover that they are a target of the creepy cobra cult. Now, the twins must find the invaluable Cobra King talisman and stop the cult leader''s deadly plan!

The beautiful game just got deadly. London City is playing in Athens, and football manager Scott Manson is keeping his team on a tight leash. He needs them home in one piece for a crucial match at Silvertown Docks. But Scott didn''t plan for death on the pitch. As the Greek authorities are mounting a murder investigation, Scott must find the truth – and fast – to get his boys home in time.

Det er sommeren 1956. Bernie Gunther arbejder under falsk navn som receptionschef på det berømte Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat ved Den Franske Riviera. Da verdens måske rigeste og måske mest berømte forfatter, W. Somerset Maugham, mangler en fjerde mand til et spil bridge, træder Gunther til. Det viser sig hurtigt, at den excentriske Maugham ikke bare vil spille kort, han har også brug for professionel rådgivning i en penibel sag om afpresning. I sit sydfranske skjul forsøger Bernie Gunther at holde fortiden på afstand, men da en gammel fjende og naziforbryder, Harold Hennig, ankommer som gæst til Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, begynder alt at gå skævt. HINSIDES TAVSHEDEN er ellevte fritstående bog i Philip Kerrs prisbelønnede og atmosfærefyldte Berlin Noir-serie. Krigen er slut, men selv i 1956 er freden endnu ikke kommet til kontinentet. Stormagternes kontraspionage spidser til, Sovjetunionen har brintbomben, og spionerne ser hele Europa som deres legeplads.

After getting help for their father, who is cursed with rapid aging, twelve-year-old djinn twins John and Philippa and friends travel through the spirit world in search of Faustina, the only one who can keep their mother from becoming the Blue Djinn, and discover a link to museum thefts and hauntings throughout the word.

Tom Jefferson, tueur à gages reconnu aux États-Unis, est contacté par un proche de la CIA et de la mafia pour éliminer Fidel Castro. Un as-sassinat qui arrangerait tout le monde, politiques comme mafieux. Dans le même temps, ces der-niers font pression sur Kennedy pour qu’il aban-donne l’enquête lancée par son gouvernement contre le crime organisé, et s’il refuse, la mafia détient un enregistrement compromettant de Marilyn Monroe et lui. Mais lorsque Tom écoute cette cassette, c’est la voix de sa femme qu’il reconnaît... Quelques jours plus tard, celle-ci est retrouvée morte. Puis Tom disparaît. Alors qu’un vent de panique souffle sur ses commanditaires, la rumeur enfle : et s’il avait décidé de se venger, et d’assassiner Kennedy plutôt que Castro ? Des États-Unis à La Havane, Philip Kerr nous entraîne avec brio dans les pas d’un tueur à gages sans scrupules, dressant au passage le portrait acéré d’une Amérique divisée, gangrenée par la corruption et l’arrivisme. Traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Pascal Loubet

Ideal for teachers looking for an easy-to-use general English course, Straightforward, is flexible and simple to use, based around 12 topics per level. It always takes the most suitable methodological approach to what is being taught, resulting in the perfect balance of skills and language work. Extra section including functional language, writing skills, grammar notes and word lists round off the Students Book.Key Features:Simple enough for new teachers to use; flexible enough for those wit

Vocabulary has gained its rightful place at the centre of modern language learning syllabuses, but how does a writer select which items to present and practise? Philip Kerr, an experienced teacher, trainer and coursebook writer, explains the importance of key criteria such as frequency, learnability and usefulness when choosing vocabulary items to focus on.Starting with an overview of theoretical and practical issues involved in writing vocabulary materials, he goes on to illustrate a wide range of practice activity types and also includes suggestions for dealing with the knotty issue of rubric-writing. Carefully constructed tasks are backed up with detailed commentaries which encourage readers to think critically about vocabulary materials in general.This module forms part of the ELT Teacher 2 Writer training course. The training modules are designed to help you write better ELT materials, either for publication, or simply to improve the quality of your self-produced classroom materials.

Everybody knows somebody who is a heavy metal fan - fact! If you are already a fan, our hats off to you. If not, let Philip Kerr be your guide as he takes you back through his life and shows how metal has shaped and enhanced every bit. Diving into Heavy Metal! is a journey of discovery, beginning with Philip as a naive child who found himself transfixed by an incredible sound. There tends to be a misrepresentation of heavy metal fans as weird misfits, and many books and films lampoon the subject. Not so in Philip''s book as he invites the reader into the story of a community of fans across the world joined by their love of this extraordinary music. Many aspects of metal are covered as Philip discovers them on his journey: heavy metal, thrash metal, glam metal and more. He''ll show you some of the more major events in music history, take you to a Sabbat gig in Derby, to see Guns N’ Roses in Manchester, to the Clash of the Titans at the Birmingham NEC, and to the artillery barrage otherwise known as Motörhead! He''ll also shed light on some of the murkier parts of the scene as he delves into the world of death metal. Whether you''re a long-time fan, a recent initiate or a complete newbie, Diving into Heavy Metal! has something for everyone. And while the narrative bursts with humour and passion, it''s also above all an honest look at this music that so many fans centre their lives around and without which, Philip says, he isn''t sure where he''d be!

Magical adentures always seem to find the Gaunt twins, and the siblings are quickly drawn into yet another mystery when the world''s luck tips wildly out of balance. The key to the world''s fate appears to in Shangri-La, after five fakirs were buried alive. Each fakir guards a secret that can answer a great question of the universe. But there''s an evil djinn desperate to dif up one of the secrets. Can Jogn and Philippa find it first? And can they harness their powers to defeat this mysterious new evil? Find out in the sixth book in the Children of the Lamp series!

For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but the is the flexibility to pick out certain key sections to focus on certain language points.

For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but there is the flexibility to pick out certain key sections to focus on certain language points.

The workbook contains additional grammar exercises and further vocabulary practice. The audio CD has the listening material connected to the workbook.

Året er 1948 og Anden Verdenskrig er slut. Den flabede, hårdkogte privatdetektiv Bernhard Gunther er kommet helskindet gennem krigen. Og i det sønderbombede Berlin, hvor spændingerne mellem de vestlige stormagter og Sovjetu00adunionen er voksende, forsøger Gunther at videreføre sin virksomhed som privatdetektiv. Han får til opgave at opklare et mord på en amerikansk officer i Wien, men opdager hurtigt, at han har stukket hænderne i en hvepserede, der summer af gamle nazispidser samt russiske og amerikanske agenter. ET TYSK REKVIEM er tredje bind i Philip Kerrs originale og stemningsfulde spændingsserie Berlin Noir.

1956. Bernie Gunther er på flugt fra sit franske skjul, hvor Erich Mielke og hans gorillaer i det østtyske sikkerhedspoliti, Stasi, har fundet ham. Manden, som Mielke har sat til at jage Bernie, og som stille og roligt skubber ham tættere på Tyskland, er en gammel kollega fra tiden hos kriminalpolitiet i Berlin. En på alle måder spektakulær sag blev i 1939 deres sidste sammen. 1939. Bernie indkaldes til Berghof, Hitlers private hjem i bjergene i Obersalzberg. En tysk ingeniør er blevet myrdet, og Hitlers højre hånd, selveste Martin Bormann, ønsker sagen opklaret så hurtigt og så smertefrit som muligt, uden at Føreren nogensinde må finde ud af, at hans private domæne har været hjemsted for mord. BERLINERBLÅT er det måske mest bemærkelsesværdige af Bernie Gunthers eventyr. Flere lande og sytten år adskiller mordet på Berghof og hans nuværende situation, og igen må Bernie erfare, at fortiden altid indhenter ham til sidst. Denne gang hjemme i Tyskland.

A Quiet Flame opens in 1950. Falsely fingered a war criminal, Bernie Gunther has booked passage to Buenos Aires, lured, like the Nazis whose company he has always despised, by promises of a new life and a clean passport from the Per̤n government. But Bernie doesn''t have the luxury of settling into his new home and lying low. He is soon pressured by the local police into taking on a case in which a girl has turned up dead, gruesomely mutilated, and another--the daughter of a wealthy German banker, has gone missing. Both crimes seem to connect to an unsolved case Bernie worked on back in Berlin in 1932. It''s not so far-fetched that the cases might be linked: after all, the scum of the earth has been washing up on Argentine shores, state-licensed murderers and torturers, so why couldn''t a serial killer be among them?

Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn. All of a sudden, they have the power to grant wishes, travel to extraordinary places, and make people and objects disappear. Luckily, the twins are introduced to their eccentric djinn-uncle Nimrod, who will teach them how to harness their newly found power. And not a moment too soon . . . since John and Philippa are about to embark on a search to locate a monstrous pharaoh named Akhenaten and his eerie tomb.

In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott''s elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.