{"product_id":"9780312424541","title":"Southwesterly Wind : An Inspector Espinosa Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Rio de Janeiro Thriller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChief of the Copacabana precinct Espinosa is more than happy to interrupt his paperwork when a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story. A psychic has predicted that he would commit a murder, it seems, and the prediction has become fact in the young man's mind. As the weather changes and the southwesterly wind—always a sign of dramatic change—starts up, what at first seems like paranoia becomes brutal reality. Two violent murders occur, and their only link is the lonely, clever man who had sought Espinosa out a few days earlier for help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the third in this atmospheric, erotic series featuring the inimitable Inspector Espinosa, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza once again \"breathes fresh air into the crime novel genre.\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating...seductive.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully sad and seductive.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beguiling and ingenious.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the pleasures of reading Garcia-Roza derives from watching how he thwarts our narrative experiences.  Throughout \u003ci\u003eSouthwesterly Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, he shuffles and reshuffles a limited deck of secondary characters to assemble startling patterns.  [A] wry and poetic voice.” —\u003ci\u003eMaureen Corrigan, Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312424541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40667506901198,"sku":"9780312424541","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4b0794c6-afc3-4ecb-9b9a-d6b47595cd53.jpg?v=1639712296","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312424541","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}