Traditional family in s o paulo retrieves the prestige lost with the death of the patriarch, Dr. Olavo Teixeira Lord, when his son, Gilberto, is appointed general director of the branch office in Rio de Janeiro of a great state. The matriarch, Vera Lord, resents having to leave S o Paulo and all the glamour of the sociedade paulista and s o paulo. But she knows that she should accompany the family to the new mansion, newly acquired in S o Conrado, in Rio de Janeiro, a true fortress.Protected by inscrutable walls, the residents follow in their despudoradas routines until the water of the swimming pool, always blue and clear, dawns blood-stained. At the bottom of it lies the body of the butler, riddled with bullets. Triggered the police, Inspector Louis, of the police Station in Homicide, takes on the case.The challenge is greater than just identify the author and the reasons behind that death. The prestige of the family adds social pressures, policies, and much sensationalism to the investigations. Gradually the saga of the family the Lord is going to being told in a succession of facts and scenes described without bias or modesty. The adult language allows the reader to understand the feelings, sensations, and conflict that involves every one of the residents of the mansion - all are on the list of suspects.The Inspector Louis will gradually deconstructing the ethics and morals that the family holds in the society ventured into the sea of mud of distorted personalities forged in power, wealth and lust, fed by the certainty of impunity. Only this time, it will not be stone on stone, the wall protector will fall apart.
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