{"product_id":"books-blood-of-the-wicked-by-leighton-d-gage","title":"Blood of the Wicked","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 Gon alves, who is irresistible to lady witnesses; chubby, crass Nu es; Mara Carta, the chief of intelligence with a soft spot for Mario--crack their difficult and sometimes ugly cases with pizazz. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507295674641,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781569474709.jpg?v=1778123344","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-blood-of-the-wicked-by-leighton-d-gage","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}