It is 1956, and while the Hungarian Revolution rages just over the border, Inspector Ferenc Kolyeszar must track down a murderer through the labyrinth of the Capital while coming to terms with his crumbling marriage.
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Steinhauer's bold follow-up...is simply brilliant.
--Library Journal
The narrative-within-a-narrative exposes multiple levels of complicity and guilt that make this an affecting, sobering entry in one of the most inventive series around."
--Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times
[We] can only marvel at the rumbling undertone of dread that Steinhauer builds around what appears to be a routine investigation of a suicide but turns out to be just the tip of a murderous political conspiracy.
--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
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