Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana purple, one other winner from sour Lemon Press. ”—The ny 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 beautiful to fanatics 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 used to be crushed, raped, after which strangled with a towel. Marijuana is located in her house 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 fast while probability leads him into the hands of an attractive 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 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 presently 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 earlier than his dying -- faux purses of each dressmaker label -- yet they've got obvious 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 record, and no inn site visitors have disappeared. the place used to be the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti determine the fellow whilst he can’t convey photos 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. while Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he was once chilly and cold. while he performed corpse, he was once 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.