“A truly fi ne novel. It’s fi lled with exactitude of place and
people, taking us into a world that seethes with dangerous
secrets. On that treacherous journey, Michael Genelin makes
unfamiliar worlds seem knowable, and does so with
great style.”
—Pete Hamill, North River |
“A terrific novel by a man who knows crime, knows Europe,
and knows how to write. Siren of the Waters is a genuine
pleasure.”—Thomas Perry, Silence |
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Jana entered the Czechoslovak
police force as a young
woman, married an actor and
became a mother. The regime
destroyed her husband, their love for one another, and her daughter’s respect
for her. But she has never stopped being a seeker of justice.
Now, as a commander in the Slovak police force, she liases with colleagues
across Europe as they track the mastermind of an international criminal
operation involved in, among other crimes, human traffi cking. Her investigation
takes her from Ukraine to Strasbourg, from Vienna to Nice, in
a hunt for a ruthless killer and the beautiful young Russian woman he is
determined either to capture or destroy.
Michael Genelin,
a graduate of UCLA and the UCLA
Law School, has served in the LA District
Attorney’s Offi ce and the US Department
of Justice in Central Europe.
He has written for fi lm and been adviser
to television series. He now lives
with his wife and daughter in Paris.
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