Leonardo Padura

"A sweeping novel of art theft, anti-Semitism, contemporary Cuba, and crime from a renowned Cuban author. In 1939, the Saint Louis sails from Hamburg into Havana's port with hundreds of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from the Nazi regime. From the docks, nine-year-old Daniel Kaminsky watches as the passengers, including his mother, father, and sister, become embroiled in a fiasco of Cuban corruption. But the Kaminskys have a treasure that they hope...

"The Transparency of Time sees the Cuban investigator pursuing a mystery spanning centuries of occult history"--

Una narración que funde de manera magistral las pesquisas del detective Mario Conde en una Habana que se derrumba con un deslumbrante viaje en el tiempo y en la historia. A un Mario Conde a punto de cumplir sesenta años, y que se siente más en crisis y más escéptico que de costumbre con su país, le llega de manera inesperada un encargo de un antiguo amigo del instituto, Bobby, que le pide ayuda para recuperar la estatua de una virgen negra que...

Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Second Conde mystery set in languid Havana.

"Twenty-four year old Lissette Delgado was beaten, raped, and then strangled with a towel. Marijuana is found in her apartment and her wardrobe is suspiciously beyond the means of a high school teacher. Lieutenant Conde is pressured by 'the highest authority' to conclude this investigation quickly when chance leads him into the arms of a beautiful redhead, a saxophone player who shares his love for jazz and Japanese fighting fish."--Page 4 of cover....

Mario Conde investigates a murder in the Barrio Chino, the rundown Chinatown of Havana. Not his usual beat, but when Conde was asked to take the case by his colleague, the sultry, perfectly proportioned Lieutenant Patricia Chion, a frequent object of his nightly fantasies, he couldn't resist. The case proves to be unusual. Pedro Cuang, a lonely old man, is found hanging naked from a beam in the ceiling of his dingy room. One of his fingers has been...

La mejor de las novelas de Mario Conde: el asesinato de un exdirigente cubano en el momento de máxima efervescencia en Cuba con la visita de Barack Obama. «La más redonda, compleja y fascinante historia de Conde... Una excelente noticia para el género. No es fácil rematar una novela así.» Juan Carlos Galindo, El País (Babelia) «Un festín de personajes complejos llenos de vida.» José María Pozuelo, Abc Cultural «Padura refuerza su condición...