John Lantigua, Author Putnam Publishing Group $19.95 (221p) ISBN 978-0-399-13471-5
Jack Lacey runs a nightclub in Costa Rica, where the troubles of Central America threaten to destroy his business as this intriguing police procedural opens. A New Yorker who fought with the Sandinistas, Jack believes the contras have it in for him...
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John Lantigua, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-399-13300-8
Set in the Mission district of San Francisco, this suspense novel captures the claustrophobic atmosphere that twists Central American politics and the innocents caught in the middle. The body of a young Salvadorian refugee granted political asylum...
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John Lantigua, Author Santillana USA Publishing Company $14.95 (355p) ISBN 978-1-58105-645-7
Roberto Player is missing, having gone in search of the man who murdered his parents, once owners of a magnificent casino in Havana. This novel was originally called Player's Vendetta (1999) wordplay that would have been lost in translation but ...
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John Lantigua, Arte Público, $16.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-55885-695-0
In Lantigua's gripping fourth novel featuring Miami PI Willie Cuesta (after 2007's The Lady from Buenos Aires), Carmen Vickers de Estrada, who moved to Miami from Medellín, Colombia, to escape the threat of kidnapping, asks Cuesta, who's been...
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John Lantigua. Arte Público, $18.95 trade paper (220p) ISBN 978-1-55885-907-4
In Edgar finalist Lantigua’s well-crafted fifth Willie Cuesta mystery (after 2011’s On Hallowed Grounds), an immigration attorney hires the sharp-witted Miami PI to search for Ernesto Pérez in Cane County, an agricultural area in central Florida....
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John Lantigua. Arte Público, $18.95 trade paper (150p) ISBN 978-1-55885-940-1
At the start of Edgar finalist Lantigua’s winning fourth mystery featuring Miami, Fla., PI Willie Cuesta (after 2020’s Remember My Face), Cesar Mendoza, a legendary figure in the city’s Cuban community and “a world-renowned expert on fine cigars,”...
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John Lantigua. Arte Público, $19.95 trade paper (248p) ISBN 978-1-55885-950-0
Each of the 12 short stories in this appealing collection from Lantigua (The Ultimate Havana) follows a predictable pattern. Someone in distress from one of the culturally rich Latino neighborhoods of Miami, Fla., approaches the Cuban American...
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John Lantigua. Arte Público, $18.95 trade paper (252p) ISBN 978-1-55885-960-9
First published in 1999, this outstanding series launch from Edgar finalist Lantigua (Heat Lightning) introduces PI Willie Cuesta, who used to work in the intelligence unit of the Miami PD. Ellie Hernandez hires Willie to locate her fiancé, Roberto...
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