Budapest in Pieces: The Gordon Files (Budapest Noir)

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Seven crimes. Seven lives. One unforgiving city. Welcome to Vilmos Kondor’s Budapest of the interwar years.

Budapest in Pieces is a collection of dark, atmospheric crime stories set in the Hungarian capital between the two world wars. From smoky kitchens and cheap boarding houses to cafés, theatres, and newspaper offices, Vilmos Kondor brings to life a city shaped by desire, resentment, ambition, and fear.

Courtesans and cooks, pickpockets and swindlers, chorus girls and journalists all cross paths in these stories—among them Zsigmond Gordon, the relentless reporter for whom the search for truth is both a profession and an obsession. Together, these six plus one tales form a vivid mosaic of a city that history tried to overwrite, but never fully erased.

Perfect for readers of Philip Kerr, Joseph Kanon, Alan Furst and Volker Kutscher — and anyone who loves atmospheric noir and meticulously researched historical crime fiction.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0G5HS6T7K
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kondor Publishing
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2025
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5.5 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 221 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-6158283816
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #593,325 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #2,845 in Hard-Boiled Mysteries (Kindle Store) #3,220 in Historical European Fiction #3,459 in Noir Crime
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