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 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 different cultures, it is going to additionally entice those that have fun with 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 overwhelmed, raped, after which strangled with a towel. Marijuana is located in her residence and her cloth wardrobe is suspiciously past the technique of a highschool instructor. Lieutenant Conde is stressed via “the maximum authority” to finish this research speedy whilst probability leads him into the palms of an attractive redhead, a saxophone participant who stocks his love for jazz and scuffling with 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 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 track, 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 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 prior to his dying -- pretend purses of each dressmaker label -- yet they've got visible not anything that may be of a lot aid 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 file, and no inn visitors have disappeared. the place was once the crime scene? and the way can Brunetti determine the guy while he can’t express 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 used to be chilly and cold. whilst 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 seems to be at humans and occasions clinically.