Imagine my shock when I realized the author of this nicely-written, suspenseful story is the same one who wrote the ludicrous Layover in Dubai, which I only finished because of my participation in the "Around the World in 80 Books" challenge. It's a good thing I didn't make the connection before ...
Vlado Petric, a former homicide detective in Sarajevo, is now living in exile, and making a meagre living working at a Berlin construction site, when an American investigator for the International War Crimes Tribunal recruits him to return home on a mission. The assignment sounds simple enough. H...