The second novel in the Marko della Torre series, Killing Pilgrim is a
propulsive political thriller following a complex plot hatched by
members of the CIA and set against the backdrop of war-torn Yugoslavia.
Early autumn, 1991. Croatia and Slovenia officially declared
independence from Yugoslavia, and war is imminent between the Croats and
the Serbs. Department VI of the UDBA has been dismantled, while the
Yugoslav government scrambles to protect the State. In the midst of the
political maelstrom, secret policeman Marko della Torre gets caught in
an intricate web woven by the CIA and members of the Croat nationalist
movement. They enlist della Torre to make contact with a man living in
the shadows: the ex-UDBA agent who assassinated Olof Palme, the former
prime minister of Sweden...