Greeks Bearing Gifts: A Bernie Gunther Novel

Last seen sleuthing on the French Riviera as a hotel concierge in Prussian Blue, former Berlin detective Bernie Gunther is now in Athens working undercover as a claim adjuster for a major German insurance firm; investigating a claim of significant losses filed by Siegfried Witzel, a brutal former Wehrmacht soldier who had served in Greece during World War II. However, his losses consist of stolen property once owned by Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz. When Bernie arranges to meet with Witzel, he finds only a corpse shot through the eyes. Although the insurance firm has no one to pay out, who was behind the murder? With the assistance of Lieutenant Leventis of the Greek police, who recognizes the killer's style from similar cases from the war and has waited for a second opportunity at justice, Bernie investigates the deportation of the Jews of Salonika and searches for a murderer who may never have left Athens.