<DIV><p>Praise for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series:</p> <p>&ldquo;Realistic characters that readers can care about.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Detroit Free Press</I></p> <p>&ldquo;A gritty police procedural that benefits from its offbeat locale and an impressive tapestry of believable characters.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></p> <p>&ldquo;New and convincing.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Mystery Scene</I></p> <p>&ldquo;Gage's compelling novels are good examples of how talented crime writers use the police procedural form to lay bare a society.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Indianapolis Star</I></p> <p>In the jungle on the outskirts of S&atilde;o Paulo, Mario Silva and his team find hundreds of unknown corpses, often buried in family groups, and they learn that many would-be travelers to North America who used a local tourist agency have never reached their destinations. The motive for these murders is completely contemporary and completely appalling.</p></DIV>