Leighton Gage: 7 books

Book cover of Every Bitter Thing
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010

A police detective finds a bizarre connection linking several murder victims in this “gripping” and gritty crime novel set in Brazil (Publishers Weekly).   The son of the foreign minister of Venezuela has been found dead in his apartment in Brasilia. Due to the political nature of the crime,...
Book cover of Perfect Hatred
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013

“A perfect thriller” of crime, corruption, and terror in Brazil (Edgar Award–nominated author Timothy Hallinan). Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy workload with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist...
Book cover of A Vine in the Blood
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011

Brazil is hosting soccer’s World Cup—and the police must solve the kidnapping of a star player’s mother—in this “world-class procedural series” (The Wall Street Journal).   It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe’s premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. A victory...
Book cover of Dying Gasp
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

A detective follows a missing girl into the jungles of Brazil—and uncovers a terrifying criminal conspiracy—in this “fast-paced” police procedural (Booklist). The Brazilian federal police wouldn’t typically get involved in the case of missing teenage girl—but when the girl in question...
Book cover of The Ways of Evil Men
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014

A Brazilian detective hunts a killer in the rain forest: “The Silva investigations have all the step-by-step excitement of a world-class procedural series” (The Wall Street Journal).   As Chief Inspector Mario Silva has learned, justice is hard to come by in Brazil, so when his niece tells him...
Book cover of Buried Strangers
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009

With this “compelling plot, fascinating characters [and] an unrelentingly fast pace . . . Silva just may be South America’s Kurt Wallander” (Booklist). In the woods on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, a dog unearths a human bone, recently buried. Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the...
Book cover of Blood of the Wicked
by Leighton Gage
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008

This “gripping crime fiction” is the first in the acclaimed police procedural series set in Brazil (Florida Sun-Sentinel). Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil’s federal police is a good cop in a bad system—Brazil’s justice system is rife with corruption, and constantly a beat behind...
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