Dohany Street

#3 Danube Blues

Adam LeBor, Malk Williams

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Head of Zeus
01 November 2021

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

Series: Danube Blues

Budapest's dark history finally catches up with Detective Balthazar Kovacs in the final instalment in Adam LeBor's Hungarian crime trilogy.

Budapest's dark history finally catches up with Detective Balthazar Kovacs in the final instalment in Adam LeBor's Hungarian crime trilogy.

Budapest, January 2016. The Danube is grey and half-frozen, covered with ice, and the city seems to have gone into hibernation. But not for Detective Balthazar Kovacs. Elad Harari, a young Israeli historian, has disappeared. There's no sign of violence but something feels very wrong.

Harari was working in the archives of the city's Jewish Museum, investigating the fate of the assets of the Hungarian Jews murdered in the Holocaust. It's clear that his research is setting off alarm bells at one of the country's most powerful companies.

The more Balthazar digs into the case, the more he is certain that shadowy forces are in play. Someone wants Harrari out of the picture. And the pressure is building: Budapest is preparing for a major diplomatic visit – if Harari is not found it will be cancelled.

The threats against Balthazar soon turn to violence. It's clear that if he is to find the historian he will have to go face-to-face with some very dangerous people – and confront the darkest era in Hungary's past.

'Budapest is a versatile and exciting setting for Adam LeBor's superb thriller... As well as being a police procedural, the book deals with politics and organised crime in Hungary. LeBor lives in Budapest and it shows in the vivid detail' The Times

'All the twists and turns of a high-concept Hollywood thriller... But what makes it really stand out is the way LeBor intelligently grafts his novel's thriller elements on to Hungarian history and politics as well as current events, from the rise of populism to organised crime. Each facet has the ring of truth' Financial Times

By: Adam LeBor
Narrator: Malk Williams
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: UK Airports
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 145mm,
ISBN: 9781786693297
ISBN 10: 1786693291
Series: Danube Blues
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Adam LeBor is a veteran foreign correspondent who has covered Hungary and eastern Europe since 1990. He is the author of thirteen books, including Hitler's Secret Bankers, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. He writes for the Economist, Financial Times and Monocle. He divides his time between Budapest and London.

Reviews for Dohany Street (#3 Danube Blues)

Family secrets and power politics come to the fore * The Times * A complex plot is worked out against a lovingly described Budapest in winter * Sunday Times Crime Club * This is a serious and educative novel * Literary Review * Plenty of twists and turns in this intelligent and pacy tale * NB Magazine * PRAISE FOR THE DANUBE BLUES TRILOGY: 'A first-class crime thriller set in the back-streets of Budapest at the height of Europe's refugee crisis, with an original and engaging protagonist' Charles Cumming. 'LeBor writes fiction with the scrupulous focus of the journalist' Alan Furst. 'Adam LeBor reveals that crime fiction still has exciting new avenues to explore' Val McDermid. 'A page-turning thriller' Irish Times. 'An elegant, atmospheric tale that twists and surprises at every turn'