District VIII
About this book
"Life's tough for a Gypsy detective in Budapest. The cops don't trust you because you're a Gypsy. Your fellow Gypsies, even your own family, shun you because you're a cop. The dead, however, don't care. So when Balthazar Kovacs, a detective in the city's murder squad, gets a mysterious text message on his phone, 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 plastic sheet. The address is 26 Republic Square, the former Communist Party headquarters, and once the most feared building in the country. But when Kovacs arrives at Republic Square, the body is gone..."--
Reader Profile
3.8/5 · 356 readers · 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read District VIII?
About ≈ 7 h 07 m — 384 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is District VIII?
384 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is District VIII?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is District VIII in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote District VIII?
Adam LeBor.