Blood Tango - Hardcover

Annamarie Alfieri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250004551 ISBN 13: 9781250004550

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2013

Synopsis

It is the most dramatic and tumultuous period in Argentine history. Colonel Juan Peron, who had been the most powerful and the most hated man in the country, has been forced out of power. Many people fear that his mistress, radio actress Evita Duarte, will use her skill at swaying the masses to restore him to office. When an obscure young woman is brutally murdered, police detective Roberto Leary concludes that the murderer mistook the girl for Evita, the intended target of someone out to eliminate the popular star from the political scene. The search for the killer soon involves the girl's employer, who is Evita's dressmaker, her journalist lover, and Pilar, a seamstress in the dress shop and a tango dancer. The suspects include a leftist union leader who considers Peron a fascist and a young Lieutenant who feels Peron has dishonored the Army. Their stories collide in this thrilling and sensuous historical mystery.

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Review:

Alfieri's atmospheric third stand-alone historical with a South American setting...Alfieri (Invisible Country) once again convincingly evokes another time and place.--Publishers Weekly. With a spectacular cast of characters who cover the wide spectrum of Argentine politics in the Peron era, Annamaria Alfieri fashions a sly mystery around the most intriguing figure of them all, Eva. Alluring and sophisticated, with enough twists and turns to bring readers into nearly every corner of Buenos Aires, Blood Tango is a single-sitting read, full of startling revelations and clever plotting.--Manuel Munoz, PEN/O. Henry and Whiting Writers' Award-winning author of What You See in the Dark. A compelling mystery and a passionate and empathetic portrayal of the endlessly fascinating Evita Peron combine in a gripping tale that brings 1945 Buenos Aires fully alive. Carolyn Hart, author of What the Cat Saw --Various

About the Author:

Annamaria Alfieri is president of the Mystery Writers of America-New York chapter. She lives in New York City. Blood Tango is her third novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1250004551
• ISBN 13: 9781250004550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272