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Death in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book 2

Death in Precinct Puerto Rico cover 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”
Booklist

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