Bridge of Sighs, The: 1 (Yalta Boulevard Quintet) - Softcover

STEINHAUER, OLEN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312326017 ISBN 13: 9780312326012

Publisher: Minotaur, 2004

Synopsis

It's 1948, three years after the Russians "liberated" the nation from German occupation. The ideals of the revolution are but memories. Twenty-two year old Detective Emil Brod finally gets his chance to serve his country, investigating murder for the People's Militia. The first victim is a state songwriter, but the facts point to a political motive. Emil wants to investigate further, but his colleagues in Homicide remain silent: He is on his own in this new, dangerous world. The Bridge Of Sighs launches, the politically volatile terrain of Eastern Eurpoe in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Review:

"With its convincingly treacherous cast of turncoats, opportunists, party hacks, and rogue Russians, The Bridge of Sighs is a richly atmospheric tale of one man's Quixotic struggle to decipher the bleack enigma of postwar Eastern Europe. The intriguing young inspector Brod is a character to remember."

A novel of intense vitality... Lots of humor, lots of threads and an ever-deepening mystery that is unique and a fine start for a very promising new author. J. Robert Janes, author of Dollmaker"

"A novel of intense vitality... Lots of humor, lots of threads and an ever-deepening mystery that is unique and a fine start for a very promising new author." --J. Robert Janes, author of Dollmaker

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'Bleak and uncompromising, this powerful novel grips from beginning to end' Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312326017
• ISBN 13: 9780312326012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288