A peace-seeking man must unravel the mystery that led to his former lover's deathExpat American journalist Sam Kramer is burned out. He's 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 peace is shattered with news of the suicide of his long-estranged ex-girlfriend Reni Müller, a German left-wing firebrand. Kramer suddenly finds himself the executor of Reni's literary estate – but the damning memoir named in her will is nowhere to be found. Tracking down the manuscript will lead Kramer to the unsettling truth of Reni's death, drawing him back into the days of the Cold War and showing him the dark side of the woman he loved.