Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana purple, one other winner from sour Lemon Press. ”—The manhattan 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 damaging nature of timeless love. ”—The Atlantic Monthly

“Drenched with that beguiling otherness so attractive to fanatics of mysteries of different cultures, it is going to additionally attract those that savor the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke. ”—Booklist

The fourth identify of the prize-winning Havana Quartet.

Twenty-four-year-old Lissette Delgado was once overwhelmed, raped, after which strangled with a towel. Marijuana is located in her residence and her dresser is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is burdened via “the optimum authority” to finish this research quick while probability 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 constructions, secrets and techniques hidden in the back of pale doorways, and corruption. For an writer dwelling 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 tune, 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 shopping the man's wares ahead of his loss of life -- pretend purses of each clothier label -- yet they've got noticeable 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, sporting no pockets, and donning just one shoe, Brunetti has little to paintings with. No neighborhood has filed a missing-person record, and no resort site visitors have disappeared. the place used to be the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti establish the fellow whilst he can’t express images 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. while Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he used to be chilly and cold. while he performed corpse, he was once chilly and bloody. What did he be aware of that made somebody kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh appears at humans and occasions clinically.