Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana crimson, one other winner from sour Lemon Press. ”—The long island 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 finally in regards to the redemptive nature of timeless friendship and the doubtless harmful nature of timeless love. ”—The Atlantic Monthly

“Drenched with that beguiling otherness so beautiful to enthusiasts of mysteries of alternative cultures, it's going to additionally entice 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 was once overwhelmed, raped, after which strangled with a towel. Marijuana is located in her condo and her cloth wardrobe is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is harassed through “the optimum authority” to finish this research quick while probability leads him into the palms of an attractive redhead, a saxophone participant who stocks his love for jazz and scuffling 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 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 track, 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 presently prior to 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 searching the man's wares sooner than his dying -- faux purses of each dressmaker label -- yet they've got noticeable 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 way of the tides, wearing no pockets, and donning just one shoe, Brunetti has little to paintings with. No neighborhood has filed a missing-person document, and no inn visitors have disappeared. the place used to be the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti determine the fellow while he can’t express 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. while Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he was once chilly and cold. whilst he performed corpse, he was once chilly and bloody. What did he recognize that made anyone kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh seems to be at humans and occasions clinically.