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 finally concerning the redemptive nature of timeless friendship and the doubtless harmful nature of timeless love. ”—The Atlantic Monthly

“Drenched with that beguiling otherness so attractive to fanatics of mysteries of alternative cultures, it is going to additionally attract those that relish 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 condominium and her cloth cabinet is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is careworn through “the optimum authority” to finish this research speedy whilst likelihood 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 structures, secrets and techniques hidden at 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 song, intercourse, and the nice 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 highway seller is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. the closest witnesses to the development are the travelers who were shopping the man's wares ahead of his loss of life -- faux purses of each dressmaker label -- yet they've got noticeable not anything that will be of a lot support to the police.

Beastly Things (Commissario Brunetti, Book 21)

While the physique of guy is located in a canal, broken by way 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 lodge visitors have disappeared. the place was once 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 variation- nine- ninety min tapes. An Adam Dalgliesh secret. whilst Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he was once chilly and cold. whilst he performed corpse, he used to be chilly and bloody. What did he be aware of that made anyone kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh appears to be like at humans and occasions clinically.