Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana pink, 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 finally 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 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 crushed, 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 stressed through “the optimum authority” to finish this research quick whilst likelihood leads him into the palms 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 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 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 sooner 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 searching the man's wares earlier than his dying -- pretend purses of each clothier label -- yet they've got noticeable not anything that would 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 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 site 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 version- nine- ninety min tapes. An Adam Dalgliesh secret. while Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he was once chilly and cold. while he performed corpse, he used to be chilly and bloody. What did he be aware of that made an individual kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh appears at humans and occasions clinically.