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The Lady from Buenos Aires: A Willie Cuesta Mystery
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Manufacturer: Arte Publico Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781558854963
ISBN: 1558854967
Label: Arte Publico Press
Manufacturer: Arte Publico Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2007-03-31
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Studio: Arte Publico Press

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Willie Cuesta wears tropical shirts, cool linen slacks, and Mexican sandals to ward off the Florida heat. Formerly a Miami Police Department detective, he now works as chief of security at his brother's salsa club while he waits for new clients at his detective agency in Little Havana.

After meeting Fiona Bonaventura, Willie quickly realizes that her predicament isn't a straight forward missing-persons case. The elegant Argentinean is convinced that she has found her dead sister's daughter. Her sister Sonia disappeared during Argentina's "dirty war" more than twenty years ago, but her pregnant body was never found. Fiona has never stopped searching for her sister's child, and several times has been steps away from finding the girl she is convinced is her niece. This time she has tracked the girl to Miami, and Fiona is determined not to lose her again. As Willie delves into the case, a host of shady characters surface with ties to the Argentinean military dictatorship responsible for the death and disappearance of thousands of citizens: Sarah Ingram, who teaches tango in a dance studio in a quiet, suburban neighborhood; her polo-playing husband who makes it clear he won't tolerate questions about his intelligence work in Argentina years ago; a terrified man who survived torture and imprisonment during the "dirty war" and may be able to identify some of his torturers if he can set his fear aside; and even an Argentine diplomat. When people associated with the case start turning up dead and Willie finds himself held captive in the back of an SUV, he knows for sure that death squads from another time and place have arrived in Miami. As the vehicle careens through the pre-dawn streets of Miami, Willie Cuesta must hang on desperately as his latest case spirals out of control.


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Summary: Another Great Read from Lantigua
Comment: Lantigua is a master of the Miami noir novel, writing a thrilling tale laced with a mixture of true detective grit and wry humor. The story may be a personal one, with detective Willie Cuesta's search for a single young woman, but the author's true goal is to explore and illuminate a major violent episode in the history of Argentina, to which the world sadly turned a blind eye. You will keep reading to see how the plot unfolds and how the mystery is solved, and you will be intrigued by the nefarious characters who Willie encounters, but you will also learn about a situation that has had ramifications for a generation, and even now may be unfolding in other incarnations around the world.

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Summary: Funny & Intriguing
Comment: A library patron recommended this book to me ~~ she loves mysteries and suspense and I thought, well, I'd try it and see. It is a fast read, very informative (I have never heard of the troubles in Argentina and the "disappeared", nor do I know the history or descriptions of the country) and I am half in love with Willie Cuesta. He's funny, disarmingly so and I can picture a dashing Cuban rushing all over Miami to solve the mystery of who did what 20-30 years ago.

Willie Cuesta was recruited to find a missing girl. An affluent woman, Fiona, hired him to find the girl, Elena, who is the daughter of her sister who was murdered during the student uprising in Buenos Aire years ago. Willie takes the reader down the road of the uprising, the modern-day version of the affluents in Miami, finding the girl Elena only to lose her again within 24 hours ~~ then finding her again ~~ all in the swirls of Latino music, drama and history.

It is a fast-paced novel and a refreshing read from the typical "Who Dun It & Who Killed Who" ~~ but the only reason why I rated it a four was because I figured it all out before the last page was turned. (Probably because I have read so many of these types of books.) I love the Latin flavor of this book ~~ and Willie Cuesta is a hero that I'd love to see up on the silver screen. It's a fun book with a little bit of spice thrown in ~~ so I definitely will be keeping an outlook for Lantigua's books in the future.

10-17-2007

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Summary: A thrilling novel of betrayal, layered plots and horrific secrets.
Comment: Award-winning journalist and novelist John Lantigua presents The Lady From Buenos Aires, a mystery novel featuring former Miami Police Department detective Willie Cuesta. Cuesta's latest missing-persons case is far from ordinary - hired by an elegant Argentine woman whose dead sister was a casualty of the ruthless Argentine government, he is told to search for a long-lost niece. The deeper he goes into the case, the more often he encounters shady individuals with ties to Argentina's murderous military dictatorship. A thrilling novel of betrayal, layered plots and horrific secrets.

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Summary: Award-winning journalist John Lantigua cooks yet another sizzling story
Comment: Willie Cuesta's latest mission sizzles with action and incredible twists and turns in this page-gripping mystery/thriller revolving around Argentina's infamous "Dirty War" and the "disappeared-s". What has not disappeared is Cuesta's talent to track down the sordid villains and unlikely heroes in his assignments. Lantigua's very vivid and brilliant descriptions of Miami, extensive knowledge of the subject matter at hand - in this case Argentina and its dirty laundry - and the memorable characters that populate his stories combine to make "The Lady" emminently readable and unputdownable! Hollywood should indeed put Willie Cuesta on celluloid. I look forward to Cuesta's next quest!


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Summary: Making history entertaining
Comment: It takes more than two to tango in "The lady from Buenos Aires". Miami, the capital of Latin America, is the setting for this thriller where a beautiful and mysterious woman, Fiona, hires Cuban-American private eye Willie Cuesta to try to solve a mystery that goes back to Argentina and its "Dirty War" era. Without being didactic John Lantigua gives us an update on these tragic events of the 1970's where thousands of suspected leftists were kidnapped and executed by the Argentine military. Fiona's sister and brother-in-law were one of those who disappeared and became known as "Los Desaparecidos." But since her sister was pregnant at the time Fiona believes her niece was given to a childless military couple who now resides in Miami. Willie's job is to find this young woman and reunite her with her real family. Cuesta's search brings him to "Little Buenos Aires" where everybody seems to be harboring some dark secret. Soon the bodies start to pile up and he has some narrow escapes. Willie is a cool guy, a retired cop who in addition to being a private detective is in charge of security for his brother's Salsa club. With some help from his platonic best friend, a sexy human rights attorney, Cuesta takes on all the challenges and dangers of his assignment with courage and a fatalistic sense of humor. Lantigua, a practicing journalist with vast experience in Latin America, writes in a fast-paced, engaging manner. His descriptions of music (both tango and afro-cuban), food, drinks, smells, are vivid and realistic. The dialogue is snappy, the characters well drawn. I was hooked by this book and couldn't put it down once I started. I highly recommend it. You will be entertained and you may even learn some history.


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