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Bridge of Sighs, The

By Olen Steinhauer

Bridge of Sighs, The Detective & CSI

Bridge of Sighs, The

By Olen Steinhauer

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In 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. It'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. The 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. The 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. The Bridge of Sighs is a 2004 Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2004-02-12
Publication Date:
2004-02-12
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0312326017
ISBN13:
9780312326012
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
401 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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