{"product_id":"southwesterly-wind-an-inspector-espinosa-mystery-paperback","title":"Southwesterly Wind: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Moser\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Rio de Janeiro Thriller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChief of the Copacabana precinct Espinosa is more than happy to interrupt his paperwork when a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story. A psychic has predicted that he would commit a murder, it seems, and the prediction has become fact in the young man's mind. As the weather changes and the southwesterly wind--always a sign of dramatic change--starts up, what at first seems like paranoia becomes brutal reality. Two violent murders occur, and their only link is the lonely, clever man who had sought Espinosa out a few days earlier for help. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the third in this atmospheric, erotic series featuring the inimitable Inspector Espinosa, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza once again breathes fresh air into the crime novel genre. (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFascinating...seductive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief of the Copacabana precinct Espinosa is more than happy to interrupt his paperwork when a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story. A psychic has predicted that he would commit a murder, it seems, and the prediction has become fact in the young man's mind. As the weather changes and the southwesterly wind -- always a sign of dramatic change -- starts up, what at first seems like paranoia becomes brutal reality. Two violent murders occur, and their only link is the lonely, clever man who had sought Espinosa out a few days earlier for help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the third in this atmospheric, erotic series featuring the inimitable Inspector Espinosa, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza once again \"breathes fresh air into the crime novel genre.\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully sad and seductive.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beguiling and ingenious.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the pleasures of reading Garcia-Roza derives from watching how he thwarts our narrative experiences. Throughout \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, he shuffles and reshuffles a limited deck of secondary characters to assemble startling patterns. [A] wry and poetic voice.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Maureen Corrigan, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza is a bestselling novelist who lives in Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFascinating...seductive. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChief of the Copacabana precinct Espinosa is more than happy to interrupt his paperwork when a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story. A psychic has predicted that he would commit a murder, it seems, and the prediction has become fact in the young man's mind. As the weather changes and the southwesterly wind -- always a sign of dramatic change -- starts up, what at first seems like paranoia becomes brutal reality. Two violent murders occur, and their only link is the lonely, clever man who had sought Espinosa out a few days earlier for help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the third in this atmospheric, erotic series featuring the inimitable Inspector Espinosa, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza once again breathes fresh air into the crime novel genre. (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully sad and seductive.--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeguiling and ingenious.--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the pleasures of reading Garcia-Roza derives from watching how he thwarts our narrative experiences. Throughout \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, he shuffles and reshuffles a limited deck of secondary characters to assemble startling patterns. 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