Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out

ThepassingoftheHungarianprimeministerbeforehecouldrealizehisdreamofafasciststatehaslittleeffectoncrimereporterZsigmondGordon.Life—anddeath—gooninthebustlingoldcity,andalate-nighttipsoonleadshimtoacrimescenewhereayoungwomanliesdead,aJewishprayerbookinherpurse.Disturbedbythebizarrecircumstances—thecorpseofabeautiful,well-groomed,religiousvictimabandonedinoneofBudapest'sseedierneighborhoods—Gordonisdeterminedtounravelthemysteryofherdemise,especiallyafterhershockingidentityisrevealed.Theinvestigationwillleadhimdeepintothecity'sdarkunderbelly—ashadowworldofpornographers,crimesyndicates,andCommunistcells—andtothehighestechelonsofpower,whereoneofHungary'smostinfluentialexecutivesplanstomakeaneconomickillingthroughhisstrongpoliticaltiestoGermany'sleaders...ifhecansomehowkeepsecretthefactthathewas,atonetime,Jewish.Agrippingandevocativethriller,brimmingwithsuspenseandbreathtakingpoliticalintrigue,VilmosKondor'sBudapestNoirisarichlyatmospherictaleofmurderandbetrayalfromaremarkablenewvoiceinnoirdetectivefiction.