Burning Precinct Puerto Rico

Steven Torres. Thomas Dunne Books, $23.95 (242pp) ISBN 978-0-312-32109-3

In Burning Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Three: A Luis Gonzalo Novel, a fair-to-middling mystery by Steven Torres, Sheriff Luis Gonzalo investigates a fatal fire involving a drug cartel that will stop at nothing. A perfunctory setting, uneven pacing and opaque characters other than Gonzalo suggest that Torres has a ways to go before he can join the ranks of such established regional authors as Tony Hillerman.

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