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Death in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book 2
Angustias, Puerto Rico, 1990.
Luis Gonzalo, sheriff of the small town of Angustias in Puerto Rico’s
central mountain chain, knows all there is to know about the people he
has worked to protect for more than two decades. He knows that Elena
Maldonado was beaten as a child. He knows she was beaten as a wife. But
when she winds up dead on the same day she brings her newborn from the
hospital, he doesn’t know who has killed her. Her drunken husband
seems like the obvious culprit, but after a grisly attack in front of
the Angustias police station, potential suspects come out of the woodwork
and multiply. The case is further complicated when someone breaks into
the crime scene, but no one can figure out what, if anything, was taken.
Though some of the officers under his command are rookies, Gonzalo
and his deputies will have to overcome harsh trials to make certain that
justice is finally served, and the town of Angustias will be changed
forever – a man will die in Gonzalo’s arms, a trusted friend
will be brutalized, and a fortune worth millions will change hands. Throughout
the turmoil wrought by this case, Gonzalo keeps two people at the forefront
of his mind: Elena Maldonado, the young woman who had lived a joyless
life of constant abuse the sheriff had never been able to stop, and her
child, so soon left motherless.
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Praise for
Death in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Two
“A solid police procedural with an involving murder
puzzle and an ever-deepening portrait of Angustias at its core”
Kirkus Reviews
“A welcome second helping of crazy characters, unique
situations, and an unusual protagonist”
Library Journal
“More fast-paced, nonstop action. Torres’s
portrait of a most eclectic group of Puerto Ricans should particularly
satisfy those readers interested in a culture that hitherto hasn’t
received much attention in mystery fiction”
Publisher’s Weekly
“The second Precinct Puerto Rico novel
offers a revealing and realistic examination of a society that, although
similar to the U.S. on the surface, possesses its own customs, rhythms,
and politics”
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