<p>Set in the late 1980s, just before the fall of the Wall that divided Germany ? as the world into two distinct civilizations, the crime novel Beyond the Smoke unfolds the story of Bruno Fischer, a quiet taxi driver in West Berlin, who becames entangled in a plot involving obscure international organizations. His life takes a dramatic turn when he picks up a charming and mysterious brazilian passenger, Ingrid Bergunson, eager to cross the border...