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Was Bernie the bookseller killed by Balkan?


I get that Balkan killed Fargas and Kessler to get those engravings, but why, if he did, kill Bernie and pose him upside down like in the engraving?

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Pretty sure it was ol' blondie, the Liana Telfer henchman.

Balkan had no reason to kill Bernie as he was a pal of Corso's and thus fell on their side of things (keeping the book safe). Telfer had lost her copy as her husband sold it to Balkan, she had already attacked Corso in his appartment prior to Bernie being found dead in her own attempt to get the book back.

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