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Blair, Peggy J. (Peggy Janice), 1955-
Subjects
Canadians -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Police -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Boys -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Dementia -- Patients -- Fiction.
Beggars -- Fiction.
CBC Bookies.
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction.
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Blair, Peggy J. (Peggy Janice), 1955-
Canadians -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Police -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Boys -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Dementia -- Patients -- Fiction.
Beggars -- Fiction.
CBC Bookies.
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction.
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The beggar's opera / Peggy Blair.
by
Blair, Peggy J. (Peggy Janice), 1955-
Penguin Group (Canada), c2012.
Call #:
FICTION
BLA
Subjects
Canadians -- Cuba --
Fiction
.
Police -- Cuba --
Fiction
.
Murder -- Investigation --
Fiction
.
Boys -- Crimes against --
Fiction
.
Dementia -- Patients --
Fiction
.
Beggars --
Fiction
.
CBC Bookies.
Havana (Cuba) --
Fiction
.
Series
Blair, Peggy J. (Peggy Janice), 1955- Inspector Ramirez series ; 1.
ISBN:
9780143179986 (2013 Penquin pbk.)
9780143179979 (trade pbk.)
0143179977 (trade pbk.)
Description:
346 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Penguin Canada".
Summary:
"In beautiful, crumbling Old Havana, Canadian detective Mike Ellis hopes the sun and sand will help save his troubled marriage. He doesn't yet know that it's dead in the water - much like the little Cuban boy last seen begging the Canadian couple for a few pesos on the world famous Malecon. For Inspector Ricardo Ramirez, head of the Major Crimes Unit of the Cuban National Revolutionary Police, finding his prime suspect isn't a problem - Cuban law is. He has only seventy-two hours to secure an indictment and prevent a vicious killer from leaving the island. But Ramirez also has his own troubles to worry about. He's dying of the same dementia that killed his grandmother, an incurable disease that makes him see the ghosts of victims of unsolved murders. As he races against time, the dead haunt his every step ..."--Publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the CBC Bookies Award for Best Thriller, Mystery or Crime, 2012.
Genre:
Mystery
fiction
.
Canadian
fiction
.
Holds:
1
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Mystery Fiction
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