Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana purple, one other winner from sour Lemon Press. ”—The big apple Times

“Overlaid with a wealthy smoky patina, an environment that reeks of slums and riches, cigar smoke and unique perfumes. ”—The Independent

“Talk approximately unforeseen discoveries, the Havana Quartet is a revelation. With a nod to Key Largo and a digital bow to The Maltese Falcon, those novels are eventually in regards to the redemptive nature of timeless friendship and the doubtless damaging nature of timeless love. ”—The Atlantic Monthly

“Drenched with that beguiling otherness so attractive to enthusiasts of mysteries of alternative cultures, it's going to additionally attract those that take pleasure in the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke. ”—Booklist

The fourth identify of the prize-winning Havana Quartet.

Twenty-four-year-old Lissette Delgado used to be crushed, raped, after which strangled with a towel. Marijuana is located in her house and her dresser is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is burdened by way of “the maximum authority” to finish this research fast whilst likelihood leads him into the hands of a pretty redhead, a saxophone participant who stocks his love for jazz and struggling with fi sh.

This is a Havana of crumbling, grand structures, secrets and techniques hidden in the back of light doorways, and corruption. For an writer residing in Cuba, Leonardo Padura is remarkably outspoken in regards to the failings of Fidel Castro’s regime. but this can be a eulogy of Cuba, its lifetime of song, intercourse, and the good friendships of these who elected to stick and struggle for survival.

Blood From a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, Book 14)

On a chilly evening almost immediately earlier than Christmas, an immigrant road seller is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. the closest witnesses to the development are the travelers who have been looking the man's wares ahead of his loss of life -- faux purses of each fashion designer label -- yet they've got visible not anything that may be of a lot support to the police.

Beastly Things (Commissario Brunetti, Book 21)

Whilst the physique of guy is located in a canal, broken by means of the tides, sporting no pockets, and donning just one shoe, Brunetti has little to paintings with. No neighborhood has filed a missing-person record, and no inn visitors have disappeared. the place used to be the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti determine the guy while he can’t exhibit photos of his face?

Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries 6)

Books on Tape- Collector's version- nine- ninety min tapes. An Adam Dalgliesh secret. whilst Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he used to be chilly and cold. whilst he performed corpse, he was once chilly and bloody. What did he recognize that made somebody kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh seems to be at humans and occasions clinically.