DYING GASP
by Leighton Gage
Hardcover: 336 pages
Read an Excerpt from Dying Gasp.

My Review:

For someone who mostly only read romance books exclusively for years, I don’t usually get carried away reading mystery/crime/police procedural books. Then I read Leighton Gage’s BLOOD OF THE WICKED, BURIED STRANGERS, and DYING GASP, and I find myself waiting and anticipating the next Inspector Silva book as much as I anticipate Jennifer Donnelly’s next ‘Rose’ book. Gage’s book literally makes me feel just a tad smarter when I read it. I get to learn a little bit of historical tidbits of Brazil without having to sneeze my way through a dusty history books in my hand. Inspector Silva lives in Brazil, and Leighton Gage does a wonderful job of taking you there.

Brazil is huge! It’s people varied. I’m fascinated how it’s similar to the Philippines in it’s political corruption. At times, I get repulsed by the place. Other times, I am in awe of it. The descriptions of the locales are so vivid, it feels like I’ve taken a journey there myself. I like the characters and their development. The story flows so well, you find yourself sympathizing with the bad guy’s predicament. There are truly evil people in this book, and that makes this extraordinary. I cannot ask for more in a book than to have it entertain me. DYING GASP does all that and more.

About the book (Publisher’s Weekly):
Chief Insp. Mario Silva does battle with not only criminals but also incompetence and corruption within the Brazilian bureaucracy in Gage’s darkly violent third mystery to feature the wry, competent Silva (after 2009′s Buried Strangers). The case of a missing teenage girl normally wouldn’t involve the Brazilian Federal Police, unless the girl, Marta Malan, is the granddaughter of Deputado Roberto Malan, a powerful politician. Marta’s disappearance is tied to a kidnapping and to a vile but lucrative international trade in underage girls, prostitution, and the making and distribution of snuff films. The trail leads to Manaus—the worst city in Brazil for crooked cops, poverty, and crime. While Marta, resourceful and brave, tries to avoid her fate, Silva and his small team of top cops try to ferret out her whereabouts before it’s too late. Ruthless when necessary and under no illusions about the broken system within which he works, Silva is the right man in the right place.

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