Publisher's Synopsis
A gritty thriller set behind the Iron Curtain in 1960s Hungary Budapest, 1963. Special Investigator Bertalan Lázár and his wife, spymaster Franciska Lázár, face formidable challenges as they try to navigate a path through the dangerous underworld of Cold War-era Hungary. Catching the criminals is difficult enough, but there are other more threatening battles raging in higher places. In these 16 episodes, Bertalan must investigate the murder of a former member of the secret police, fight a turf war as he tries to find a child killer, probe a seemingly straightforward case of GBH that leads him to a rogue cop and enter the uncharted territory of Budapest's underground drugs scene after a rock musician is found dead. Written by Philip Palmer, this gripping, atmospheric drama expertly conjures up the tense, paranoid world of Communist Hungary, where dissidence was dangerous, the truth was hard to find and pursuing justice could get you killed. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan and Clare Corbett as Franciska, with Andy Linden as Tibor Farkas and Joseph Ayre as József Szabados. The episodes in this collection are: The Wolf The Old Days Behind the Wall Waiting by the River Heroes Gellert Hill Spider's Web Carnaby Street Gypsy Dancers Grandmother's Footsteps Mad Dog The Light of Dawn The Great Society Red Pen The Great Tree Gang The Magical Magyars
