the guardians of all the luck in the universe," and whisks them off to Egypt to continue their training. In his palatial home, Nimrod tells the twins that they are djinn, or "children of the lamp. Before they arrive in England, strange things begin happening-a neighbor who mentions to the twins that she wishes she would win the lottery suddenly does, and a scared couple on their London-bound plane tells Philippa that they wish they were back home then promptly vanish. Their parents agree to the plan, surprising the siblings. While anesthetized at the dentist, they meet their Uncle Nimrod in a hallucination he encourages them to come to London to stay with him over the summer.
Twelve-year-old John and Philippa Gaunt are "the least identical twins imaginable," at least in appearance, though they can read each other's minds.
Stylishly written and powerfully evocative, Kerr's crime classic transports readers to the rotten heart of Nazi Berlin, and introduces a private eye in the great tradition of Hammett and Chandler.In thriller writer Philip Kerr's YA debut, he puts an entertaining spin on the genie-in-a-lantern mythos, thanks to the exotic setting and a breezy and humorous delivery. A trail that ends in the hell that is Dachau. He turns to Bernhard Gunther, a private eye and former cop.Īs Bernie follows the trail into the very heart of Nazi Germany, he's forced to confront a horrifying conspiracy. The woman's father, a millionaire industrialist, wants justice - and the priceless diamonds that disappeared along with his daughter's life. A man and his wife shot dead in their bed, their home burned. Discover the first crime novel in the late Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series - Berlin Noir - set in Hitler's Germany during the 1930s.
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