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More copies of this ISBNDeath Ritesby Alicia Gimenez Bartlett
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the winner of the Feminino Lumen Prize for best female writer in Spain, a new book in the Petra Delicado mystery series. Inspector Petra Delicado has been chained to a tiresome desk job in the documentation department of the Barcelona police force for months. But things are about to change. The department is short-handed and there's a serial rapist on the loose. Delicado is partnered with the polite and impossibly compliant Sgt. Ferm?n Garz?n with orders to solve the case before it succeeds in completely ruining the good name of the Barcelona police force. Tough, sexy, at times apparently pitiless, Petra Delicado is a new kind of cop in Spanish crime writing. As she does battle with sexist colleagues, ruthless reporters, indifferent witnesses, hardened criminals, ex-husbands, and houseplants that just won?t flower, she sometimes thinks her thirst for new challenges and perpetual change is more trouble than its worth. Review:"Barcelona police inspector Petra Delicado is in the doldrums, both personally and professionally, at the outset of Gimnez-Bartlett's excellent third mystery to be made available in the U.S. (after 2007's Prime Time Suspect). Due to a staffing shortage, Delicado and a new partner, Sgt. Fermn Garzn, wind up investigating a rape case in which the assailant left a flowerlike brand on the 17-year-old victim's arm. When the rapist strikes again, pressure on the pair mounts. After a third girl falls victim, the girl's influential father pulls strings to get the case reassigned, but Delicado refuses to surrender easily. Delicado's unsparing insights into her own contradictory personality lend human interest as does the by-play between her and the paunchy, middle-aged Garzn. The many plot twists will please readers who like a balance between in-depth characterization and detective work. (June)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Detective Petra Delicado thirsts for new challenges in her work. Meanwhile, her relationship with Sergeant Garzn is getting more complicated as their private and professional lives increasingly overlap, and they find themselves on the trail of a serial rapist stalking the streets of Barcelona. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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