The Bridge Of Sighs

I read somewhere that Olen Steinhauer was a good mystery writer. He is. And is more. The Bridge Of Sighs, set in an unnamed Eastern European country, post WWII, traces the efforts of newly-minted homicide detective Emil Brod to solve the murder of a fairly-famous songwriter. The investigation is al......more

I have a new detective to add to favorites––Harry Bosch, Kinsey Millhone, Guido Brunetti -- and he is Emil Brod, 23 year-old newly hired homicide investigator for the People's Militia. The story is set in 1948's post Russia's liberating Brod's small country from German occupation. His first case is......more

A fully satisfying murder mystery set in post-war Europe It has been three years since the Second World War ended, leaving his country in still in ruins and under the rule of a one-party Communist government headed by Comrade Mihai. The despised Germans and their sympathizers have been driven out or......more

WWII has recently ground to a halt, and Eastern Europe is now occupied by the Russians rather than the Germans. Not much difference, life is still exceedingly grim. Into this atmosphere, idealistic new detective Emil Brod begins his career. As if survival itself isn't difficult enough, Emil's fellow......more

It's August 1948 in an unnamed Eastern European country, and Emil Brod has reported for his first day on the job as the newbie in the People's Militia. He lives with his grandparents, and as if he were a kid off to his first day at school, his grandmother has made sure he wore his best suit. It's ti......more