{"product_id":"the-bridge-of-sighs-a-novel","title":"The Bridge of Sighs A Novel","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2004 Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203469881599,"sku":"*R0034261*","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/4828913482299.jpg?v=1771611461","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-bridge-of-sighs-a-novel","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}