by Olen Steinhauer, Ned Schmidtke
Book 1, in the Emil Brod seriesThis unique portrayal begins in 1948 and captures the life and crime of a small Eastern Country (Unnamed) after the Russians liberated it from the German Occupation. The people continue to struggle with rebuilding and coming to terms with their destiny. There are suspi...
I have to say that I have two opinions of this book. For the storyline, I would give this book a full 4 stars. I loved it. It is definitely a new story for me with the setting, the characters and the writing. It all flowed really well and I was hooked. On a negative side, I listened to this book. I ...
Mystery was only okay. Listened to the audiobook which was horrible. Almost ruined the whole book for me.
The plotting's not full of great surprise or even the crafty precision of certain genre technicians... it seems a bit undercooked. But everything else about this novel--its rich sense of place, and equally fine prose style, and its phenomenal sense of character (extending generously into the benche...
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