# RIP Philip Kerr **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103 "2018-03-24T01:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/1 "2018-03-24T01:55:27Z")
> **[Philip Kerr, author of Bernie Gunther novels, dies aged 62](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/24/philip-kerr-author-of-bernie-gunther-novels-dies-aged-62)** > > Literary world mourns versatile author of historical thrillers, children’s books and non-fiction Goddamit. We’ll drink one for Bernie Gunther tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/2 "2018-03-24T02:12:18Z")
Damn. I knew Philip, edited and published two of his novels here in the U.S., wined and dined him in Manhattan. Extraordinarily talented man. So sorry. Comforting thoughts to his wife and chilluns. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/3 "2018-03-24T11:53:44Z")
Well crap. I was just thinking about his Gunther novels, as there’s a new release scheduled for April 3rd. When I first got online in the 1990s I wrote a review of the Berlin Noir trilogy; years later people would post and e-mail me about how it introduced them to Kerr. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/4 "2018-03-25T21:24:50Z")
The _Guardian_’s [obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/25/philip-kerr-obituary) says it was cancer. It also says that, beyond next month’s _Greeks Bearing Gifts_, he was in the final stages of copyediting another novel for publication next year, but doesn’t say if it’ll also be a Bernie one. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/5 "2018-03-26T20:06:57Z")
According to [Kerr himself](http://philipkerr.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/d/C1EF5683ED0AF4A12540EF23F30FEDED), the 2019 release will be another Gunther novel. So that’s still two of them to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/6 "2018-03-26T20:45:59Z")
Wow. Some of the best thrillers out there. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-philip-kerr/811103/7 "2018-03-27T02:11:58Z")
Kerr had testicle cancer, which he thought was under control, but found out recently had spread to his kidneys. His doctors told him he had three months to live, but he died three days later. My wife’s a honcho at his current US publisher, so that’s the straight dope. The folks at Putnam were in tears today.