Field Grey - much the same ambience as it's name

Field Gray by Philip Kerr

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This is the latest in the Bernie Gunther series, which for most people started with the Berlin Noir trilogy. I have been increasingly disappointed with the series and this latest is no exception. Starting in 1954, it switches back and forth between the 30s, 40s and 50s, leaving it feeling a bit disjointed and haphazard. It got somewhat confusing, and I found that I had to keep rereading sections in order to make sense of them. It also seemed to run out of steam, which it shares with the series as a whole.

If you're a Bernie Gunther fan you'll read it, but it's not nearly as enjoyable as the earlier books, which I had read and reread many times in the 20 or so years since I first came across them.



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