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KILLING PILGRIM

Alen Mattich

(Marko della Torre Series #2)

In the sequel to Zagreb Cowboy, Marko della Torre leaves Zagreb, to wait at his father's house in Istria as prosecutors finalize the case against him for shooting a colleague - a detective who works for the Zagreb police.
The UDBA, Yugoslavia's notorious secret police, has been officially disbanded now that Croatia has claimed independence, though in fact its departments have merely been renamed or redistributed among the military intelligence services.
At his father's house, della Torre is confronted by a young American woman who latches onto the disgraced secret policeman, asking him to help her find out if an UDBA agent killed Olaf Palme, the former prime minister of Sweden, on the orders of the Yugoslav authorities. In exchange, she offers to persuade people who know people to help della Torre in getting him off the hook for trying to kill a colleague ...
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Published 2014-01-01 by House of Anansi Press

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Killing Pilgrim boasts a high suspense quotient, but it's also strong in character - beginning with its engagingly sardonic and reluctantly heroic central character, della Torre... Read more...