Havana Gold: The Havana Quartet

Compliment for the Havana Quartet:

“Havana pink, 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 damaging nature of timeless love. ”—The Atlantic Monthly

“Drenched with that beguiling otherness so attractive to lovers of mysteries of different cultures, it is going to additionally attract those that take pleasure in the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke. ”—Booklist

The fourth name 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 cabinet is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is confused via “the optimum authority” to finish this research fast while probability leads him into the palms 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 in the back of pale doorways, and corruption. For an writer residing in Cuba, Leonardo Padura is remarkably outspoken concerning the failings of Fidel Castro’s regime. but this can be a eulogy of Cuba, its lifetime of tune, 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 almost immediately ahead of 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 shopping the man's wares sooner than his demise -- faux purses of each fashion designer 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 through the tides, sporting no pockets, and donning just one shoe, Brunetti has little to paintings with. No neighborhood has filed a missing-person file, and no lodge visitors have disappeared. the place used to be the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti establish the fellow while 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. whilst Dr Lorrimer performed scientist, he used to be chilly and cold. whilst he performed corpse, he was once chilly and bloody. What did he comprehend that made a person kill him? .. .. input Adam Dalgliesh, leader inspector of Scotland backyard. Dalgliesh appears to be like at humans and occasions clinically.