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Luis Luis _uis_ortas — The ruthless Idi Amin Dada tyrannizing Uganda during his years in power.

Vítor Domício vitordomicio — Pretty ridiculous really, not consistent, not even that entertaining. She tries to pull too many disparate elements together. Good potential in the characters of the PI's mother and in the old sister cleaning team. But not enough to salvage this book, and then she ends on several sad and depressing notes.

Sharon Bong charopie — Det. Max Mingus and his partner, Joe Liston are assigned to investigate the circumstances surrounding a body found in Miami's Primate Park. They think it's a routine case until a partially digested tarot card is found in the man's stomach. The tarot card is The King of Swords. It's after the Mariel Boatlifr in 1980 when Castro expelled 125,000 people from Cuba, many were the most vicious criminals. Miami is strife with drugs, murders and superstitions. Solomon Boukman runs an organization selling drugs, prostitution and extortion. He uses intimidation and Haitian black magic to control the members of his organization. One of Solomon's employees is a pimp and petty criminal named Carmen. His mother is a fortune teller Eva Desamourn. Max spots Carmen attempting to recruit a young woman to work for him by posing as a photographer. His goal is to turn her into a prostitute. Max roughs Carmen up and tells him to stay away from the girl. Carmen's mother sees the marks on Carmen and through looking into the future she can see that this policeman will be attempting to find and destroy Boukman. There is a court sceen where a major drug dealer is on trial and something happens (without giving a plot spoiler). This has to do with voodoo and Max and Joe are assigned to the case. It seems normal until Solomon asks Eva to read his fortune. When Solomon cuts the tarot card she sees something planning against Solomon. The King of Swords comes up and this can represent a valuable ally or a fearsome enemy, depending on when it comes up in the reading. Stone tells a terrific tale. This should be considered as one of the best thrillers of the year. With the emphasis on voodoo, the manner in which Boukman can change his looks, his followers having a religious or tribal connection and finally the magic potions that can almost make their victims zombies, I see an influence of John Connolly. It feels like Connolly's "Traveling Man" or Caleb Kyle have returned to cause more mayhem. I recommend this to Connolly fans or to anyone enjoying the mix of superstitution and mystery. Highly recommended!