{"product_id":"the-bridge-of-sighs-9780312326012","title":"The Bridge of Sighs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this auspicious literary crime debut from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist\u003c\/i\u003e, an inexperienced homicide detective struggles amid the lawlessness of a post-WWII Eastern European city.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2004 Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLEN STEINHAUER, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of ten previous novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist\u003c\/i\u003e, is a Dashiell Hammett Award winner, a two-time Edgar award finalist, and has also been shortlisted for the Anthony, the Macavity, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and the Barry awards. Raised in Virginia, he lives in New York and Budapest, Hungary. Visit OlenSteinhauer.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514036916498,"sku":"9780312326012","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e2d5bff-ef0b-4633-8f6e-8ae4e6f17012.jpg?v=1730971136","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bridge-of-sighs-9780312326012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}