The Bridge of Sighs - Olen Steinhauer

Descriere The Bridge of Sighs - Olen Steinhauer

In this auspicious debut, an inexperienced homicide detective struggles amid the lawlessness of a post-World War II eastern European city. \n \nIn this auspicious literary crime debut from New York Times bestselling author of The Tourist, an inexperienced homicide detective struggles amid the lawlessness of a post-WWII Eastern European city.\n \nIt's August, 1948, three years after the Russians liberated this small nation from German Occupation. But the Red Army still patrols the capital's rubble-strewn streets, and the ideals of the Revolution are but memories. Twenty-two-year-old Detective Emil Brod, an eager young man who spent the war working on a fishing boat in Finland, finally gets his chance to serve his country, investigating murder for the People's Militia. \n \nThe victim in Emil's first case is a state songwriter, but the evidence seems to point toward a political motive. He would like to investigate further, but even in his naivete, he realizes that the police academy never prepared him for this peculiar post-war environment, in which his colleagues are suspicious or silent, where lawlessness and corruption are the rules of the city, and in which he's still expected to investigate a murder. He is truly on his own in this new, dangerous world. \n \nThe Bridge of Sighs launches a unique series of crime novels featuring a dynamic cast of characters in an ever-evolving landscape, the politically volatile terrain of Eastern Europe in the second half of the 20th century.\n \nThe Bridge of Sighs is a 2004 Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel.\n

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Brand

Minotaur Books

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9780312326012

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1

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