Product Overview
The first book in Leighton Gages critically acclaimed police procedural series set in Brazil, now available in paperback at the special introductory price of $9.99
Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazils Federal Police is a good cop in a bad systemBrazil's justice system is rife with corruption, and constantly a beat behind criminal elements. But Silva and his team of colorful sidekicksbaby-faced Gonalves, who is irresistible to lady witnesses; chubby, crass Nues; Mara Carta, the chief of intelligence with a soft spot for Mariocrack their difficult and sometimes ugly cases with pizazz.
In the interior of Brazil, landless workers battle the owners of vast fazendas. When a visiting archbishop is assassinated, Mario Silva is called upon to investigate. Then a newspaper owner, a TV journalist, a landowner's son, and a priest are brutally killed. In a country where dead street kids are known as hams, justice is scarce.
