Black Danube

By Nik Grybaski,

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1899 Vienna. A young dissident is murdered - his fiancée, wrongly accused.

Crime photographer Leo Katz’s images expose the true killers. But to save the innocent woman from the gallows, he risks revealing that he is in disguise and on the run.

As Leo infiltrates a nefarious network of vice…

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What is the secret so closely held by the main character, crime photographer Leo Katz? That’s intriguing enough. Even more fascinating is his colleague, Lucy Strauss. A smart and gutsy young woman she is far more outspoken than what was expected and accepted of ladies in 1899 Vienna. Even more shocking is her chosen aspiration. She’s a pathologist in training. She, Leo, and Lucy’s boss Klaus uncover corruption as they seek to solve a mysterious death.

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