{"product_id":"9781616951801","title":"Blood of the Wicked (Chief Inspector Mario Silva Series #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in Leighton Gage’s critically acclaimed police procedural series set in Brazil, now available in paperback at the special introductory price of $9.99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil’s Federal Police is a good cop in a bad system—Brazil's justice system is rife with corruption, and constantly a beat behind criminal elements. But Silva and his team of colorful sidekicks—baby-faced Gonçalves, who is irresistible to lady witnesses; chubby, crass Nuñes; Mara Carta, the chief of intelligence with a soft spot for Mario—crack their difficult and sometimes ugly cases with pizazz.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the interior of Brazil, landless workers battle the owners of vast \u003ci\u003efazendas\u003c\/i\u003e. When a visiting archbishop is assassinated, Mario Silva is called upon to investigate. Then a newspaper owner, a TV journalist, a landowner's son, and a priest are brutally killed. In a country where dead street kids are known as \"hams,\" justice is scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061012480240,"sku":"9781616951801","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616951801_p0.jpg?v=1763855636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616951801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}