Emil Brod is a newly graduated homicide detective in an unnamed Eastern European country right after WWII. The country is occupied by Russian troops and is kind of a mess. Emil gets assigned his first case, one that nobody wants him to solve. He works through it and in the process gets shot, beaten and falls in love. I listened to the audio version of this book and really enjoyed the reader. The author also wrote 2 of my favorites - The Tourist and the The Nearest Exit. This book doesn't quite compare but I also discovered it is the authors first book and that made me like it more. Certainly an interesting story and an interesting young character that I also discovered shows up in later books.
