"...the governor of the region had suffered a rush of blood to the head a month or so before: he'd launched a crackdown on corruption, annoyed someone in the interior ministry, and shortly afterwards had been found dead in the banya at the bottom of the garden.  It was suicide, Steve explained, at least according tot he prosecutor's office and the local newspapers.  The governor had shot himself in the head - twice." A D Miller, Snowdrops.