It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe's premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. All eyes are on the country's principal striker, Tico The Artist Santos, the greatest player in the history of the sport. All the politicians in Brasilia, from the President of the Republic on down, have their seats squared away for the finale, when they hope to see Argentina, Brazil's bitterest rival, humbled by the Brazilian eleven. But then, just three weeks before the first game, Juraci Santos, Tico's mother, is kidnapped. The star is distraught. The public is appalled. The politicians are outraged. And the pressure is on Chief Inspector Mario Silva to get her back. Suspects aren't lacking. Among them are a cabal of Argentineans, suspected of having spirited the lady away to put Tico off his game; the star's gold-digging, top-model girlfriend, whom his mother dislikes and has been trying to get out of his life; his principal rival, who wants to play in the World Cup in Tico's place; and the man whose leg Tico broke during a match, thereby destroying his career. In the end, Silva and his crew discover that the solution to the mystery is less complex-but entirely unexpected.

A Vine in the Blood Lib/E (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations (Audio))

Literature & Fiction

Gage, Leighton

United States

Blackstone Publishing

A Vine in the Blood (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations (Audio))

Blackstone Audiobooks

[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. *NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.][Read by Jonathan Davis]As Chief Inspector Mario Silva has learned, justice is hard to come by in Brazil, so when he hears of a possible genocide deep in the jungle, he agrees to charter a plane to Pará to check it out. Thirty-nine natives have recently died of mysterious causes. Given the tense relationship between the Awana tribe and the white townsfolk nearby, Jade Calmon, Pará's sole government-sponsored advocate for the native population, suspects foul play and takes the two remaining Awana--a father and his young son--into her custody. But when the father is found holding a bloody machete next to the body of a village big-shot just before Silva's arrival, the plot thickens.

The Ways of Evil Men (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations)

clever dialogue, a twisting plot and an...engaging, fast-paced story that is hard to put away for the night - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Blood of the Wicked

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Soho Crime

Praise for Leighton Gage’s Chief Inspector Mario Silva series: “Realistic characters that the readers can care about. . . . The ultimate story of the haves vs. the have nots.”—Detroit Free Press “Gage's compelling novels are good examples of how talented crime writers use the police procedural form to lay bare a society.”—Indianapolis Star “Gage creates a contemporary tapestry of Brazil . . . [and] builds a compelling foundation for future Silva cases.”—Kirkus Reviews “Emotionally charged. . . . Vividly evokes a country of political corruptions, startling economic disparity and relentless crime.”—Booklist A playful dog finds a bone at the outset of this mystery set in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the federal police based in Brasilia and his team of investigators, Hector Costa and Arnaldo Nunes, are called in. The bone is human and the investigators soon unearth a clandestine cemetery. Someone has secretly disposed of the bodies of unknown human beings, often interred in family groups. And in Sao Paulo, it turns out, many patrons of a local travel agency have never reached their North American destinations. The motive for these mass murders is completely contemporary and completely appalling.

Buried Strangers: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation

“Gage smoothly expands his focus on the assassination of an ambitious bishop to encompass the controversial and entirely absorbing issue of whether the clergy should involve themselves in the politics of land distribution among the poor.”—The New York Times Book Review “Gage’s inspector is a fascinating character. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Achieves both a powerful political thriller and gripping crime fiction in his fascinating debut.”—Arizona Daily Star “Powerful. . . . A chilling, complex and riveting plot.”—South Florida Sun-Sentinel “Terrifically written, intelligent and powerfully evocative. . . . Not to be missed.”—Brian Haig “A novel as rich and complex as Brazil itself.”—Rebecca Pawel In the interior of Brazil, landless workers battle the owners of vast fazendas. When a visiting archbishop is assassinated, Mario Silva of the federal police is called upon to investigate. Then a newspaper owner, a TV journalist, a landowner’s son, and a priest are brutally killed. In a country where dead street kids are known as “hams,” justice is scarce. Leighton Gage has spent many years in Brazil, where he maintains a home. He also resides in Florida and lives part of the year in the Netherlands.

The granddaughter of a prominent politician is missing. Silva and his team find her in Manaus, a jungle hellhole on the Amazon where an evil female doctor is making gory snuff films. Silva must overcome his own department’s indifference and the corrupt local cops before he can obtain a semblance of justice for the victims.

Dying Gasp: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation

The second Mario Silva investigation In the woods on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, a dog unearths a human bone, buried recently. Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the Federal Police and his team of investigators are called in from Brasilia and discover a clandestine cemetery. And then another. Someone has secretly disposed of the bodies of hundreds of human beings, their corpses often interred in family groups. To get to the bottom of these heinous deeds, Silva must navigate a twisted and dangerous web of politics, corruption, and greed.

Buried Strangers (A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation)

The son of the Foreign Minister of Venezuela is found dead in his apartment in Brasilia. Due to the political nature of the crime, Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil's Federal Police is called in to investigate. As he delves deeper into the murder, he discovers that a chain of murders have occurred throughout Brazil, all with the same MO: victims are first shot in the stomach, then brutally beaten to death, and, even more puzzling, they were all passengers on TAB flight 8101 from Miami to São Paulo. What sinister motive connects these killings? And why does it appear one passenger on that flight, a fifteen-year-old boy who was later raped and killed in prison, is at the heart of it all?

Every Bitter Thing: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation Set in Brazil

Dying Gasp (A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation)

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A Vine in the Blood Lib/E (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations (Audio))

A Vine in the Blood (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations (Audio))

The Ways of Evil Men (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations)

Blood of the Wicked

Buried Strangers: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation

Blood of the Wicked

Dying Gasp: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation

Buried Strangers (A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation)

Every Bitter Thing: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation Set in Brazil

Dying Gasp (A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation)