Mistress of the Bones
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- USD 3.99
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- USD 3.99
Descripción editorial
The murder of Quin and Mike's old friend, Lou Hernando, takes them to the mysterious island of Tango Key. The primary suspect is Hernando's 17-year-old sidekick, Ross Blade, a refuge from a troubled family who found as real home with Lou in the cliffside house, a repository of secrets from a time when pirates roamed the island. Every major event in the old house is accompanied by unexpected rustlings and the faint scent of jasmine.
Quin and Mike discover that Lou left behind a trail of heartbroken women. But the object of his erotic obsessions was a woman whose image adorns the main room of the house: Luz, the mistress of the bones, a former slave who had been brought to Tango Key from Cuba. Only by digging into this woman's history can the identity of Lou's killer be found.
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Gothic horror comes to bright, sunny west Florida in the latest adventure (after Blue Pearl) for wife-and-husband detective team Quin St. James and Mike McCreary. When their friend Lou Hernando, a veteran bail bondsman, is found knifed to death in his secluded rundown homestead, the duo moves in to investigate, despite rumors that the house is haunted. The obvious suspect is a young car thief whom Lou had recently taken under his wing, but Quin and Mike discover that their friend left behind a trail of peevish girlfriends and a portrait of a hauntingly beautiful woman with whom he appears to have been obsessed. She turns out to have been his senior by about 300 years-a Cuban slave who once lived in the house and whose restless spirit may roam there still. A mix of journal entries, hidden passages, unidentified rustlings and e-mail messages leads Quin and Mike to a breathtaking climax and an unexpected denouement. Although the motive behind Lou's murder may seem inadequate, it sets in motion such a page-turning sequence of action that few readers will quibble.
