<div>A former revolutionary plots revenge, in this &ldquo;superior crime novel&rdquo; from an Edgar Award&ndash;winning author &ldquo;as adept at comedy as he is at tragedy&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Aldo Bianchi, a former Argentine revolutionary now living in Italy, travels to Havana, Cuba. There, he meets the beautiful Bini, a sultry student with great charm and panache working the hotels&mdash;and discovers that his nemesis, the Uruguayan military torturer Alberto R&iacute;os, is living in the country as well, under a false identity. Putting his tropical holiday on hold, Bianchi goes on the hunt for his sadistic enemy, in this &ldquo;unusual political thriller . . . By turns bawdy, funny, dark, cheerful, learned, and madcap, populated with memorable characters&rdquo; from a winner of both an Edgar and a Dashiell Hammett Award (Booklist).</div>

Tango for a Torturer

<div>This Edgar Award&ndash;winning crime novel offers &ldquo;pulp fiction in Castro&rsquo;s Cuba&rdquo; (Martin Cruz Smith, author The Girl from Venice). Alicia is a smart, confident, and gorgeous prostitute in Havana. She is not a streetwalker. Rather, she displays her wares on bicycle, seducing men through the irresistible pull of her fine derri&egrave;re. John King, her new client, is a Canadian businessman with a striking resemblance to movie star Alain Delon. This is no ordinary john, and as Alicia&rsquo;s feelings for him grow, she sees in their relationship the possibility of escape from her dead-end life in a city plagued with scarcity. So when King&rsquo;s wealthy and sexually deviant boss is suddenly killed, Alicia and John hatch a get-rich-quick scheme. A web of deception is woven&mdash;but it will be quickly and disastrously unraveled, and only one person will be able to say adi&oacute;s to the dilapidated island of Cuba . . . &ldquo;Fun, fast, and intelligent . . . A madcap caper full of twisted sex, devious schemes and high-rolling hijinks . . . Will leave readers clamoring for more.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;The book&rsquo;s cynical take on ambition and greed is tempered by humor and humanity.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times &ldquo;Impossible to put down. This is a great read.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal</div>

Daniel Chavarria
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Tango for a Torturer

Adios Muchachos

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