Patrícia Melo

A black comedy on a writer of crime novels and a lady zoologist, specializing in snakes, who combine their respective expertise to murder her husband. By a Brazilian writer, author of The Killer

"Melo's prize-winning novel (Matador) is a thriller about a man who accidentally becomes a hired killer and a local hero. Once again Landers achieves an excellent result: colloquial, entirely readable, and authentic, with just the right tone for its narrator whose language one reviewer has called 'racy hoodlum-speak.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Allí se sumerge en una relación apasionada con una mujer tormentosa, la cual lo impulsa a tomar las decisiones más arriesgadas. Un día presencia la caída y el hundimiento de una avioneta en un solitario paraje del río Paraguay. Al abordarla descubre que el piloto es un rico heredero y agoniza sin remedio. Entonces comienza su aventura más peligrosa: ¿debe dar parte a la justicia o aoiderarse de las pertenencias del piloto, incluyendo el misterioso paquete que éste protegía al morir? ¿Podría sacar provecho del hallazgo si se involucra con la red local de criminales? Y cuando todos parezcan perseguirlo, ¿debe localizar a la familia del difunto o aprovechar las circunstancias y tomar el mayor riesgo de su vida? While debating his life's next step, a young man sees a small plane crash-land into the Paraguay River. He leaps to rescue the captain, who happens to be a millionaire, but manages only to catch hold of his wristwatch. Though his intention was only to return the watch to the deceased's family, he finds himself accepting a job as chauffeur to the man's mother, just as the family prepares to offer a sizable fortune to anyone willing to help recover the body.