Victory Square
Yalta Boulevard Sequence, Book 5
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نقد و بررسی
Olen Steinhauer's novel once again features the methodical, honest-to-a-fault Inspector Emil Brod, who labors for justice in some Soviet Bloc country. He investigates crime in spite of the oppressive political structure of his unnamed nation, often to his own detriment. With the novel's exotic locale and fascinating characters, listeners might expect narrator Don Leslie to inject a bit of a foreign accent into his characters. But he doesn't. The characters of VICTORY SQUARE might be New York private detectives if not for the intriguing story line--a confusing investigation into a decades-old murder on the eve of the fall of Communism in 1989. Fortunately, the novel is strong enough to overcome the narrator's shortcomings. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
June 11, 2007
At the start of Edgar-finalist Steinhauer's fine fifth and final entry in his series set in an unnamed Eastern European Communist country (after 2006's Liberation Movements
), homicide inspector Emil Brod, now chief of police and three days from retirement, reluctantly investigates the death of Lt. Gen. Yuri Kolev. Though Kolev apparently died of a heart attack, the coroner finds deadly levels of cocaine and heroin in his blood, and a flier in Kolev's car suggests he may have been murdered by members of an underground prodemocracy group. Soon Brod uncovers a wide-ranging plot involving old friends and enemies, all of whom are frantic to take advantage of the situation when their fellow citizens, inspired by the recent fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of governments in neighboring countries, rise up to overthrow their Communist leaders. Employing an intricate story, characters both sympathetic and despicable as well as a remarkable sense of place, Steinhauer subtly illuminates an unforgettable historical moment.
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