Free Friday Nook Book 12/2/2011

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Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo

Today’s Free Fridays selection, Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo, is a riveting mystery set in Buenos Aires during the politically tumultuous 1970s.



While most crime writers meticulously research their subject matter, Mallo lived it. In his time as a member of a guerilla movement that fought against Argentina’s military rule, he lived among the struggle every day. His first-hand experience shines through in the gritty realism of Needle in a Haystack.



Being a homicide detective is hard work, but it’s even more challenging when violence and corruption are so rampant that murders are just a part of everyday life. Those are the conditions that Inspector Lascano finds himself working in—a Buenos Aires preoccupied by political strife. While Lascano investigates a triple-murder, he’s navigating in a city where justice is in the eye of the beholder, and facts don’t always coincide with political expediency. Like many good cops caught in a bad situation, he’s forced to decide whether uncovering the truth is worth the personal risk.

Mallo’s Buenos Aires is a fascinating and tragic place that only someone who lived through the horrors could re-create.

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Looks interesting. Thanks!