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by Philip Kerr · 2009

Book 6 of Bernie Gunther

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Genre

What it is about

Bernhard Gunther
Private investigators
Nazis

Where it happens

Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Havana (Cuba)

Ages

Adult

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Last checked: October 28, 2026

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown · 2003 · Adult

Novel · about 490 pages

Why: Both are detective books.
- Detective
What both books share
- detective
  If the Dead Rise Not: "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, historical" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
  The Da Vinci Code: "Historical Mystery & Detective Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for If the Dead Rise Not; Open Library and Wikidata for The Da Vinci Code.
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Still Life
Louise Penny · 2005 · Adult

about 380 pages

Why: Both are detective books.
- Detective
What both books share
- detective
  If the Dead Rise Not: "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, historical" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
  Still Life: "Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for If the Dead Rise Not; Open Library and Wikidata for Still Life.
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About Philip Kerr

Born: Born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 1956. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026. The sources differ. Each value is shown with where it came from.Born in United Kingdom in 1956. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Wikidata lists P. B. Kerr as a pen name of Philip Kerr. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Philip Kerr received the Prix du Polar Européen in 2009. Source: Wikidata, citing quaisdupolar.com, checked November 6, 2026.

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