When she makes a powerful enemy in Clarence Clairborne -- head of a Washington, D.C. lobbying and security firm -- Yael Azoulay, covert negotiator for the U.N., must live long enough to prevent a desperate man from taking desperate measures.

Life's tough for a Gypsy detective in Budapest. The cops don't trust you and your fellow Gypsies, even your own family, shun you because you're a cop. But when Balthazar Kovacs, a detective in the city's murder squad, gets a mysterious text, he gulps down his coffee and goes to work. The message has two parts: a photograph and an address. The photograph shows a man, in his early thirties, lying on his back with his eyes open, half-covered by a blue...