Some Clouds: A Héctor Belascoarán Shayne Detective Novel (Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novels Book 2)

Mexico City Detective Héctor Belascoarán Shayne Is Summoned Home From Vacation By His Sister, Whose Childhood Friend Anita Has Been Raped And Nearly Killed By Unknown Assailants. Héctor Discovers That Anita, Recently Married Into The Wealthy Costa Family, Has Just Seen Her Husband And His Two Brothers Systematically Murdered. Now, If She Can Stay Alive Long Enough To Receive It, Anita Stands In Line To Receive A Legacy Of Some 200 Million Pesos. During His Investigation, Héctor Trades Stories With A Novelist Who Is Writing A Crime Novel Based Upon The Recent Murder Of Fourteen Narcotraficantes And Has Traced The Crime Directly Back To Judicial Police Commander Saavedra. How Can A Detective Operate In A Society In Which The Social And Political Institutions Designed To Protect The People Are Hopelessly Corrupt? Mexico City independent detective H'ctor Belascoar'n Shayne is summoned back home from vacation by his sister, whose childhood friend Anita has been raped and nearly killed by unknown assailants. H'ctor soon discovers that Anita, recently married into the wealthy Costa family, has just seen her husband and his two brothers systematically murdered. Now, Anita stands in line to receive a legacy of some 200 million pesos if she can stay alive long enough to receive it. During his investigation, H'ctor trades stories with novelist Paco Ignacio (who bears no little resemblance to Taibo), who is writing a crime novel based upon the recent murder of fourteen narcotraficantes and has traced the crime directly back to Judicial Police Commander Saavedra. Taibo weaves these two seemingly disparate threads together into a novel that stretches the boundaries of the crime genre and poses the question: how does a detective operate in a society in which the social and political institutions designed to protect the people are hopelessly corrupt' Mexico City independent detective Héctor Belascoarán Shayne is summoned back home from vacation by his sister, whose childhood friend Anita has been raped and nearly killed by unknown assailants. Héctor soon discovers that Anita, recently married into the wealthy Costa family, has just seen her husband and his two brothers systematically murdered. Now, Anita stands in line to receive a legacy of some 200 million pesos if she can stay alive long enough to receive it. During his investigation, Héctor trades stories with novelist Paco Ignacio (who bears no little resemblance to Taibo), who is writing a crime novel based upon the recent murder of 14 narcotraficantes and has traced the crime directly back to Judicial Police Commander Saavedra. Taibo weaves these two seemingly disparate threads together into a novel that stretches the boundaries of the crime genre and poses the question: how does a detective operate in a society in which the social and political institutions designed to protect the people are hopelessly corrupt? He will take seventeen to the match - how many will he bring back? In Cibola football is a matter of life and death. Sir Tristram must reunite his Blood City teammates - Knights, Pirates and Westerners - to win the prestigious Seskie tournament against their oldest rivals. Behind the match is a bigger power play, a king's mission to bring down his greatest rival by persuasion, trickery or force. Needing a squad of soldiers as well as footballers, Sir Tristram must also find a place on tour and in his heart for the teenage child he has not addressed by name since infancy...