(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Expat American journalist Sam Kramer is burned out: too many dead bodies, too many wars covered, too little meaning in it all. 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 private neutral zone is shattered with news of the suicide of Reni Müller, a German left-wing firebrand and Kramer's long-estranged ex-girlfriend. To his surprise, 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.

I have to say I was disappointed with this novel. Mostly due to the fact that it says right there on the front cover: "A mystery of the Cold War" - well, that was kinda true. I was expecting the story to take place during that time, rather than a modern-day investigation to what happened all those years ago.

Also, the story wasn't that interesting, nor were the characters. Disappointing.


Paul
ARH