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

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

The fourth name of the prize-winning Havana Quartet.

Twenty-four-year-old Lissette Delgado was once 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 by way of “the maximum authority” to finish this research fast whilst probability leads him into the fingers of a pretty redhead, a saxophone participant who stocks his love for jazz and battling fi sh.

This is a Havana of crumbling, grand constructions, secrets and techniques hidden at the back of light doorways, and corruption. For an writer residing in Cuba, Leonardo Padura is remarkably outspoken concerning the failings of Fidel Castro’s regime. but it is 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 highway seller is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. the closest witnesses to the development are the travelers who were looking the man's wares sooner than his demise -- pretend 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 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 inn visitors have disappeared. the place was once the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti determine 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 variation- nine- ninety min tapes. An Adam Dalgliesh secret. while Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he used to be chilly and cold. whilst he performed corpse, he used to be chilly and bloody. What did he recognize that made an individual kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh appears to be like at humans and occasions clinically.