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A peace-seeking man must unravel the mystery that led to his former lovers death Expat American journalist Sam Kramer is burned out: too many dead bodies, too many wars covered, too little meaning in it all. Hes got a dead-end job at the Daily European as the correspondent for Vienna, where nothing happens now that the Cold War is over. And that is exactly how Kramer likes it. But his private neutral zone is shattered with news of the suicide of Reni Mller, a German left-wing firebrand and Kramers long-estranged ex-girlfriend. To his surprise, Kramer suddenly finds himself the executor of Renis literary estatebut the damning memoir named in her will is nowhere to be found. Tracking down the manuscript will lead Kramer to the unsettling truth of Renis death, drawing him back into the days of the Cold War and showing him the dark side of the woman he loved.