Precinct Puerto Rico: 1 - Hardcover

Torres, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312285809 ISBN 13: 9780312285807

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2002

Synopsis

In the first volume in a police procedural series set in Puerto Rico, Sheriff Luis Gonzalo investigates a scheme, headquartered in the small beachfront town of Santo Domingo, to smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S., after the bodies of those same immigrants are discovered, and uncovers a conspiracy that threatens his own life and the safety of his family.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Torres was born in the Bronx, New York, but spent part of his childhood in Puerto Rico. Several members of his family lived in small towns there, not unlike Angustias, the setting for the Precinct Puerto Rico series. He studied at Hunter College in Manhattan and is currently completing his doctorate at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He and his wife, Damaris, live in New York City.

From the Back Cover

"Steven Torres has crafted a fascinating tale about illegal immigration and the clash between good and corrupt cops in Puerto Rico."--José Latour, author of Outcast

"Steven Torres knows what he's doing. He has captured life on the edge of Puerto Rican society with a creepy realism that is consistently well drawn, powerful, political, and which builds at a furious pace. No passport is needed to enjoy this trip."--K.j.a. Wishnia, Edgar-nominated author of Red House

From the Inside Flap

Near Rincon, Puerto Rico, 1987.
Even a tropical paradise may have its little murders.

In his years as sheriff of Angustias, a small town nestled in Puerto Rico's mountainous heart, Luis Gonzalo has seen his share of violence. People kill for love and money in Angustias just as they do anywhere else. But it is during a visit to his wife's family in the seaside town of Rincon that Gonzalo encounters his greatest challenge.

A midnight call brings Gonzalo to a beach where bodies are washing ashore, victims of a shipwreck, victims of the illegal traffic in humans from the Dominican Republic. When he discovers evidence that the shipwreck was no accident, that the ship's captain was murdered, Gonzalo's life is threatened. When he discovers proof that Puerto Rican police were involved in the deaths of the illegal immigrants, the lives of his wife and children are threatened. The murder of one of his deputies brings Gonzalo no closer to the bottom of this mystery-a mystery no other law enforcement agency wants to help him solve.

The first in a series of police procedural mysteries featuring Luis Gonzalo and the citizens and cops of Angustias, Precinct Puerto Rico: Book One is a brilliant beginning to a continuing story from a long overdue locale.

Edition details

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312285809
• ISBN 13: 9780312285807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245