Victory Square - Tapa dura

In the 1980s, Emil Brod, on the verge of retirement from his position as the chief of the People's Militia, journeys back in time to the 1940s as he reopens an old case that had started his career in which he had sent one of the country's revolutionary leaders to prison. 20,000 first printing.

Praise for the Novels of Olen Steinhauer

"Dazzling . . . a skilled writer working at the top of his form."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Liberation Movements

"Brano Sev is Steinhauer's most intriguing hero yet, and that's saying something. . . . With its shifting perceptions, pervasive paranoia, and truly unpredictable plot, this will be savored by readers of well-crafted espionage ranging from Alan Furst to John le Carré."
--Booklist (starred review) on 36 Yalta Boulevard

"A wonderfully taut tale that is part police procedural, part political thriller, part love story. . . . Steinhauer has created a vivid world in a lost time."
--The Washington Post Book World on The Confession

"The Confession is a clever reworking of the police procedural: The narrative-within-a-narrative exposes multiple levels of complicity and guilt that make this an affecting, sobering entry in one of the most inventive series around."
--Los Angeles Times on The Confession

"Think of the savage brilliance of J. Robert Janes's mysteries about World War II France; of the suspenseful erudition of Alan Furst's thrillers. Steinhauer's debut is right up there on those stellar heights, casting new light on relatively recent history we thought we already knew everything about."
--Chicago Tribune on The Bridge of Sighs