A dead man in Trieste

"Sandor Seymour of the Special Branch of the British foreign office is sent to investigate the disappearance of Lomax, the British consul in Trieste, a major seaport of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the early twentieth century, and finds he must employ both his crime-solving and diplomatic skills when Lomax turns up dead."@en
"Trieste, 1906: The British consul has disappeared. Has he fallen foul of the secret police, or the even more secret revolutionaries? It would be wise if the Foreign Office sent out someone from Special Branch to investigate, someone capable of speaking the relevant languages. Special Branch doesn't boast much linguistic talent, but there is one man. The first in a new series introducing Seymour of Special Branch."@en
"Trieste in 1906 is one of Europe's great seaports, the Austrian Empire's main outlet to the Mediterranean and the world beyond. But various nationalist movements are threatening to pull the place apart. The heavy-handed militarist regime has trouble keeping a lid on it, the secret police are everywhere, and now the British consul has gone missing. Was this the result of an ill-advised liaison? Could he have fallen afoul of the secret police, or the even more secret revolutionaries? Enter Seymour of Special Branch ..."@en
"Trieste in the 1900s is one of the greatest seaports in the world. But various nationalist movements are threatening to pull the place apart. Only Seymour is able to maintain British interests there."