{"product_id":"2940169806311","title":"The Bridge of Sighs","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this auspicious literary crime debut, an inexperienced homicide detective struggles amid the lawlessness of a post¿World War II Eastern European city.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It¿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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 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 naïveté he realizes that the police academy never prepared him for this peculiar post-war environment in which his colleagues are suspicious or silent, lawlessness and corruption are the rules of the city, and he¿s still expected to investigate a murder. He is truly on his own in this new, dangerous world. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/em\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 twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156482277616,"sku":"2940169806311","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169806311_p0.jpg?v=1769900745","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169806311","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}