Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana pink, 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 possibly harmful nature of timeless love. ”—The Atlantic Monthly

“Drenched with that beguiling otherness so beautiful to enthusiasts of mysteries of different cultures, it is going to additionally entice those that savour 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 overwhelmed, raped, after which strangled with a towel. Marijuana is located in her residence and her cloth cabinet is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is harassed by means of “the optimum authority” to finish this research speedy whilst probability leads him into the hands of a pretty redhead, a saxophone participant who stocks his love for jazz and combating fi sh.

This is a Havana of crumbling, grand constructions, 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 it is 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 highway 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 dying -- pretend purses of each clothier label -- yet they've got obvious not anything that may be of a lot aid to the police.

Beastly Things (Commissario Brunetti, Book 21)

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

Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries 6)

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