Buried Strangers

Praise for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series:"Realistic characters that readers can care about."-Detroit Free Press"A gritty police procedural that benefits from its offbeat locale and an impressive tapestry of believable characters."-Kirkus Reviews"New and convincing."-Mystery SceneIn the jungle on the outskirts of São Paulo, Mario Silva and his team find hundreds of unknown corpses, often buried in family groups, and they learn that many would-be travelers to North America who used a local tourist agency have never reached their destinations. The motive for these murders is completely contemporary and completely appalling.

Leighton Gage (1942–2013) wrote six other books in the Mario Silva series: Blood of the Wicked, Dying Gasp, Every Bitter Thing, A Vine in the Blood, and Perfect Hatred, and The Ways of Evil Men. Since 1973, he spent part of each year in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil, where he met his wife, Eide. His books have been translated into French, Italian, Finnish, and Dutch.