Product Description
In this, the first book in Leighton Gage's acclaimed series, Chief Inspector Mario Silva goes to a small town in the interior of Brazil to investigate the murder of a bishop - and suddenly finds himself involved in a war between wealthy landowners and the landless.
Praise for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Series:
A world class procedural series - The Wall Street Journal
South America's Kurt Wallander - Booklist
Irresistible - The New York Times
Masterful - The Toronto Globe and Mail
Compelling - The Boston Globe
Mr. Gage's lively, action-filled chronicles...have finely sketched characters, vivid geographical detail and their own brutal sort of humor...the Silva investigations have all the step-by-step excitement of a world-class procedural series. - The Wall Street Journal
“Silva, a tough, compassionate cop with an alcoholic wife and an unerring instinct for working the system, tackles this highly spiced case with his usual aplomb. Rising above Brazilian brutality, corruption, and bribery with uncommon wit and the help of his colorful, appealing colleagues, he scores a winning goal in an enormously complex kidnap payoff scheme.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Gage knows Brazil well and has a cast of characters so amusing and so skillfully constructed that this novel is irresistible.” — Toronto Globe and Mail
“A brisk, colorful police thriller with much interesting information about contemporary Brazil. As usual, the strong and disparate personalities of Silva's detectives add spice to their fifth case.” —Kirkus
“This book, like all of the titles in Gage’s Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations series, throws a spotlight on the society and politics of contemporary Brazil. A Vine in the Blood attests to that country’s intense involvement with the game of soccer…. Gage effectively increases the suspense of his latest work by creating a variety of characters, each with a valid motive for the crime.” —Examiner.com
“Mr. Gage is a master of the procedural who paints with a fine brush, using the tools he needs to craft a fine novel—and no more.” — New York Journal of Books
A Chicago Tribune Mystery Book Club “favorite.”
Praise for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Series:
A world class procedural series - The Wall Street Journal
South America's Kurt Wallander - Booklist
Irresistible - The New York Times
Masterful - The Toronto Globe and Mail
Compelling - The Boston Globe
Mr. Gage's lively, action-filled chronicles...have finely sketched characters, vivid geographical detail and their own brutal sort of humor...the Silva investigations have all the step-by-step excitement of a world-class procedural series. - The Wall Street Journal
“Silva, a tough, compassionate cop with an alcoholic wife and an unerring instinct for working the system, tackles this highly spiced case with his usual aplomb. Rising above Brazilian brutality, corruption, and bribery with uncommon wit and the help of his colorful, appealing colleagues, he scores a winning goal in an enormously complex kidnap payoff scheme.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Gage knows Brazil well and has a cast of characters so amusing and so skillfully constructed that this novel is irresistible.” — Toronto Globe and Mail
“A brisk, colorful police thriller with much interesting information about contemporary Brazil. As usual, the strong and disparate personalities of Silva's detectives add spice to their fifth case.” —Kirkus
“This book, like all of the titles in Gage’s Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations series, throws a spotlight on the society and politics of contemporary Brazil. A Vine in the Blood attests to that country’s intense involvement with the game of soccer…. Gage effectively increases the suspense of his latest work by creating a variety of characters, each with a valid motive for the crime.” —Examiner.com
“Mr. Gage is a master of the procedural who paints with a fine brush, using the tools he needs to craft a fine novel—and no more.” — New York Journal of Books
A Chicago Tribune Mystery Book Club “favorite.”
