"An exceedingly deft crime novel that tantalizes us with noir mystery and foreboding, and with the ghostly humanity of the detective himself. It's very compelling reading." --Richard Ford

Jonathan is a private detective in a decaying eastern European city. He is drowning in his work, his failing marriage, and the corrupt landscape that surrounds him. One day, he is approached by an elderly couple to investigate the disappearance of their daughter, who has been missing for nearly two decades. Troubled by the faded photograph of a little girl the couple presses on him--she's the...