Bøker av Patricia Melo

To escape an overprotective family and an abusive partner, a young lawyer accepts an assignment in the Amazonian border town of Cruzeiro do Sul. There, she meets Carla, a local prosecutor, and Marcos, the son of an indigenous woman, and learns about an epidemic of violence against women that seems beyond comprehension. What she finds in the jungle is not only relentless oppression, but a deep longing for answers to an unsolved crime from her past. Through the ritual use of ayahuasca, she meets a chorus of warrior women on a path of revenge and recovers the painful details of her mother''s death. The Simple Art of Killing a Woman is a psychological trip with a twist. It''s about the strength of individuals in the face of overwhelming violence, the problem of femicide in Brazil, and the haunting of a cold case.

Maiquel is basically a decent person but has a short fuse. In one mad moment he loses his temper and kills someone - and gets away with it. Then unusual circumstances lead to another murder, this time for profit. This title presents the story of Maiquel's rise in social esteem, but fall into moral depravity.

For 11-year-old Kingie, there are lessons to be learned from drug trafficking. His first job is as a lookout, working on the hillside slums of Rio de Janeiro. But as he grows older he realizes that in order to survive you must also keep a close watch on yourself as well.

Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford Landers From the author of The Killer and Black Waltz - a hard-hitting revenge story that takes the reader on a cool, cruel rollercoaster ride from downtown Rio to the depths of the Amazon jungle.