Kossuth Square (Danube Blues): 2

Kossuth Square (Danube Blues): 2

by Adam Lebor (Author), Adam LeBor (Author)

Synopsis

In Kossuth square, Lajos Kolompar, a local politican is found dead, face down in a pond in front of Parliament. With his blood alcohol nudging fatal levels, he's believed to have fallen and drowned.

Gypsy cop Balthazar Kovacs of the Budapest murder squad reads of Kolompar's death in the news. It stays in the back of his mind until his old girlfriend, journalist Eniko Szalay, receives a tip-off from the coroner's office that Kolompar's autopsy results were tampered with.

And his body accidentally cremated.

Soon, Kovacs is drawn into the Budapest underworld of people smuggling, blackmail and violent political tensions - always caught between the two worlds of the Gypsy and the non-Gypsy, of the law and family loyalty.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 04 Apr 2019

ISBN 10: 1786692732
ISBN 13: 9781786692733
Book Overview:

The death of a local politician reveals the dangerous fractures running through Budapest in Adam LeBor's latest dark police procedural.


Media Reviews
PRAISE FOR ADAM LEBOR:
'A first-class crime thriller set in the back-streets of Budapest at the height of Europe's refugee crisis, with an original and engaging protagonist' Charles Cumming.
'LeBor writes fiction with the scrupulous focus of the journalist' Alan Furst.
'Adam LeBor reveals that crime fiction still has exciting new avenues to explore' Val McDermid.
'A page-turning thriller' Irish Times.
Author Bio

Adam LeBor lives in Budapest and writes for The Economist, Newsweek, New York Times, The Times and other publications. He is the author of a number of nonfiction books, including the Orwell Prize shortlisted Hitler's Secret Bankers.