District VIII
By: Adam LeBor
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781681777344
Subjects: Romanies; Murder; Police; Investigation; Political corruption; Prejudices; Fiction
Other titles: District 8; District eight
Description: "Life's tough for a Gypsy detective in Budapest. The cops don't trust you because you're a Gypsy. Your fellow Gypsies, even your own family, shun you because you're a cop. The dead, however, don't care. So when Balthazar Kovacs, a detective in the city's murder squad, gets a mysterious text message on his phone, he gulps down his coffee and goes to work. The message has two parts: a photograph and an address. The photograph shows a man, in his early thirties, lying on his back with his eyes open, half-covered by a blue plastic sheet. The address is 26 Republic Square, the former Communist Party headquarters, and once the most feared building in the country. But when Kovacs arrives at Republic Square, the body is gone..."--
Notes: "This is the first novel in the new Detective Balthazar Kovacs mystery series"--Front jacket flap.