Bloody Twist

For Cuban-American PI Lupe Solano, nothing adds up in a case of a good girl gone bad. The seventh Miami-set mystery from the author of Bitter Sugar.

Leave it to private inspector Lupe Solano to take on the case of the rarest type of person Miami has to offer—a virginal call girl. Midwestern beauty Madeline Meadows (professional name Mary, of course) has become the highest-paid escort in South Beach. And she’s about to be charged with two murders.

When another body is added to the count—Madeline’s ex-boyfriend—Lupe has to pull off the second-rarest feat in Miami: proving Madeline innocent of a triple homicide in a death penalty state when her fingerprints are on the gun used in all three killings. Does her so-called innocence extend to crime? Lupe’s about to find out. Because the picture-perfect woman is hiding something—a secret that could explain how the Virgin Mary turned into Miami’s latest serial killer.

“While the investigation is in itself engaging, it receives competition from Ms. Garcia-Aguilera’s detailed presentation of Lupe’s family life, part of a larger portrait of Miami’s Cuban-American community . . . At once over-the-top and down to earth, Bloody Twist can’t help but make readers smile.” —Florida Weekly