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Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
242 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young man predicts a murder and identifies the perpetrator-himself-in this third entry in the critically acclaimed Brazilian crime series
When a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story, Chief Espinosa of the Copacabana precinct is more than happy to set aside his paperwork. A psychic has predicted that the man would commit a murder, it seems, and the prediction has become fact in the young man's mind. It's a case more appropriate...
Author
Series
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
244 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Rio de Janeiro Thriller
When his daughter disappears and a patient emerges as the prime suspect, a troubled psychiatrist comes to Espinosa for help, in the fifth novel in the beguiling Brazilian crime series
A hospital psychiatrist feels he's being stalked by a young patient. For as long as possible, he convinces himself that the young man is harmless, but when the doctor's daughter disappears and the patient goes missing, too, he calls on Espinosa...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
243 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unable to forget the unsolved murder of a homeless man, Chief Inspector Espinosa investigates a group of affluent guests who had dined at a nearby mansion on the night of the killing, exposing a web of lies and cover-ups.
Author
Series
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
261 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Brazilian bestseller, this sophisticated story of murder, sex, and corruption introduces a riveting new crime series.
In a parking garage in the center of Rio de Janeiro, corporate executive Ricardo Carvalho is found dead in his car, a bullet in his head. It appears that he has been robbed and murdered. But, the clues are few. The gun and his briefcase are nowhere to be found, just the kind of case that is always assigned to Inspector Espinosa....
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
243 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A ruthless group of corrupt cops is playing a lethal game of cat and mouse in the latest installment in the seductive bestselling Brazilian crime series
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Three policemen have been killed over the course of a few days. They were mediocre cops, and their deaths have a lot in common: they were eliminated by a cold-blooded assassin, who leaves no trace and likes to fire at point-blank range.
Immediately the police world is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
225 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Espinosa unwittingly ignites the obsessions of a menacing misanthrope in the latest from the highly acclaimed mystery author
An elderly lady approaches the front desk at the Twelfth Precinct in Copacabana and demands to speak with the chief. Tired after a long day, she leaves without further explanation, promising to return. Two hours later, Doña Laureta is dead, and witnesses' accounts vary as to whether she was pushed or fell in front...
