Some Clouds

By Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Book Overview

Mexico City detective H ctor Belascoar n Shayne is summoned home from vacation by his sister, whose childhood friend Anita has been raped and nearly killed by unknown assailants. H ctor discovers that Anita, recently married into the wealthy Costa family, has just seen her husband and his two brothers systematically murdered. Now, if she can stay alive long enough to receive it, Anita stands in line to receive a legacy of some 200 million pesos.

During his investigation, H ctor trades stories with a novelist who is writing a crime novel based upon the recent murder of fourteen narcotraficantes and has traced the crime directly back to Judicial Police Commander Saavedra. How can a detective operate in a society in which the social and political institutions designed to protect the people are hopelessly corrupt?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159058032X
• ISBN13: 9781590580325
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.7"