Bridge of Sighs Book

I have a new detective to add to favorites--Harry Bosch, Kinsey Millhone, Guido Brunetti -- and he is Emil Brod, 23 year-old newly hired homicide investigator for the People's Militia. The story is set in 1948's post Russia's liberating Brod's small country from German occupation. His first case is of a state's songwriter. The young detective is not welcomed by his fellow homicide investigators, making Brod waffle on his career decision. Having never read any fiction (contemporary) about this time period the history of the political and social upheaval was enticing to me witnessing, not only the killings that continue, but the desperation of the economy and people. The author, Olen Steinhauser, draws in the reader through this desperation seen in all the characters, a desperation that doesn't stop life nor Detective Comrade Brod from doing his job. This is Steinhauser's first novel and I look forward to more. The Skye in June