{"product_id":"9781784295585","title":"The Other Side of Silence","description":"Author: Philip Kerr\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784295585\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Dec 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving one of the most famous British writers of the 20th century and the notorious Cambridge Spies.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernie is missing his old detective life when his past walks through the door in the shape of Harold Hennig, a former captain in the Nazi security service - the man who, in 1945, was responsible for the deaths of thousands, among them a woman Bernie loved. Hennig now enjoys a lucrative career as a blackmailer.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHennig's target on the Cote d'Azur is a famous resident with a dark past and plenty to hide - the writer, Somerset Maugham.  A shared love of bridge draws Bernie to Maugham's magnificent villa, where Maugham tells him of the existence of a very compromising photograph. Taken in 1937, it shows Maugham among a group of naked men beside a swimming pool - one of whom is the infamous spy and homosexual, Guy Burgess, who, with Donald Maclean, has recently defected to Moscow. Hennig has the photograph and is demanding $50,000 for its release.   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Bernie is reluctant to become Maugham's agent but his former life has made him as vulnerable to blackmail as Maugham himself.  Not only that - he has a massive score to settle with Hennig.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46348783485086,"sku":"ADS-9781784295585","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784295585.jpg?v=1767012225","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784295585","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}