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Potsdam, 1945. In the rubble of the Third Reich, on the outskirts of the ruins of Berlin, Churchill, Stalin and Truman are meeting to map out the future of the post-war world. But as the leaders arrive for a celebratory banquet, a body is washed up on the shore of the conference grounds.

What is a US soldier doing in a Russian quarter, with a pouch full of Occupation marks and a bullet hole in his chest? For journalist Jake Geismar, part of the massive American press corps, the murder of Lieutenant Tully is the story he has been looking for. Berlin, though, is no Chicago, and Jake's crime investigation skills count for little in a city so at unease with itself, where one war may have ended, but another is just beginning.

Jake has another reason to stay in Berlin: he wants to find his former lover, Lena Brandt. And as his investigations into Tully's death continue, it is soon apparent that this is bigger than just another black market murder: Tully was responsible for Lena's husband Emil, an eminent German scientist whose skills are wanted by both the Americans and the Russians. And while the hunt is on for Emil, Emil himself is looking for Lena........