The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the Berlin Noir trilogy and the New York Times bestseller Field Gray brings Bernie Gunther back--to a house party from hellFirst introduced in Philip Kerrs celebrated Berlin Noir trilogy, Bernie Gunther is an honest cop living in the most ruthless of times. Prague Fatale is Bernies latest outing, and its a tantalizing locked-door mystery-cum-political-thriller thats poised to build on Field Grays success, confirming Kerr as a master of espionage literature. Its 1941 and Bernie is back from the Eastern Front, once again working homicide in Berlins Kripo and answering to Reinhard Heydrich, a man he both detests and fears. Heydrich has been newly named Reichsprotector of Czechoslovakia. Tipped off that there is an assassin in his midst, he orders Bernie to join him at his country estate outside Prague, where he has invited some of the Third Reichs most odious officials to celebrate his new appointment. One of them is the would-be assassin. Bernie can think of better ways to spend a beautiful autumn weekend, but, as he says, You dont say no to Heydrich and live.