Havana Red (29 page)

It's not easy being a cop in Mexico City.

Meet Carlos Hernandez, Carlito to his women. He's a police detective with a complicated life. A wife, a mistress, children by both and a paycheck that never seems to arrive. This being Mexico, he resorts to money laundering and arms dealing to finance his police activity. The money for justice must be found somewhere.

The corpse in the hotel room is that of a gringo with a weakness for blue movies. Carlito's maverick investigation leads him into a labyrinth of gang wars, murdered prostitutes and corrupt politicians. A savagely funny, sexy crime adventure that is a biting satire of life in Mexico.

 

Rolo Diez
, born in Argentina in 1940, was imprisoned for two years during the military dictatorship and forced into exile. He now lives in Mexico City, where he works as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist.

 

 

 

 

 

£8.99/$13.95
Crime paperback original, ISBN 978-1-904738-04-6
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When Martina accuses her ex-boyfriend – the son of a powerful local judge – of assault and battery, no witnesses can be persuaded to testify on her behalf and one lawyer after another refuses to represent her. Guido Guerrieri knows the case could bring his legal career to a premature and messy end but he cannot resist the appeal of a hopeless cause. Nor deny an attraction to Sister Claudia, the young woman in charge of the shelter where Martina is living, who shares his love of martial arts and his virulent hatred of injustice.

Gianrico Carofiglio is an anti-Mafia prosecutor in southern Italy.
A Walk in the Dark,
his second novel featuring defence counsel Guerrieri, follows on from the success of
Involuntary Witness.

“This novel raises the standard for crime fiction. Carofiglio's deft touch has given us a story that is both literary and gritty – and one that speeds along like the best legal thrillers. His insights into human nature
—
good and bad
—
are breathtaking.”
Jeffery Deaver

£9.99/$14.95
Crime paperback original
ISBN 1 – 904738 – 17 – 6/978 – 1904738 – 17 – 6
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