VIENNA, 1966
To be wrongly accused of murder once is a misfortune. Twice - and it's a conspiracy.
It is the height of the Cold War. When a defector from Eastern Europe mysteriously returns to the village of his birth, it's a chance for disgraced detective
Brano Sev to redeem him self. Being framed for a murder should just be part of his cover story.
Or is it? Exiled suddenly to Vienna, treacherous city of spies, Se'vwfinds himself caught up in a cat-and-mouse game where survival is the only prize. But in a world where no good deed goes unpunished, loyalty can be the biggest crime of all...
'Steinhauer takes his familiar material and brilliantly infuses it with noirish
twists and dark psychology... utterly compelling*
TIME OUT