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Red angel : a novel
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- ISBN: 9780688165635
- ISBN: 068816563X
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Physical Description:
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273 p. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2000.
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| Subject: | Devlin, Paul (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Voodooism -- Fiction Sects -- Fiction Women healers -- Fiction Cuba -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Parkland Regional.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Ste. Rose | F HE (Text) | 35419000918160 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2000 October #2
After two outings, Heffernan (Cityside, 1999, etc.) summons veteran NYPD Inspector Paul Devlin from hiatus, but then, willy-nilly, whisks him from the Big Apple, where he's done his best work, to Castro's Cuba, where Devlin's lover, the beautiful Adrianna, goes to claim the body of her favorite aunt, Maria, killed in a Havana auto accident. When they arrive there's no body to claim, and no accident either. Nor, for that matter, was Aunt Maria an ordinary auntie. As the Red Angel, she was a hero of the Revolution, a close ally of Castro's beloved by the Cuban populace as the result of a life devoted to good works. An enigmatic cop, Major Martinez, is the source of most of this intelligence. His opposite is the evil Colonel Cabrera, of the secret police, who arranged Aunt Maria's fatal accident and hid her body, though he claims to be searching for it. Cabrera is in cahoots with "John the Boss" Rossi and other Mafia figures to undermine the government, returning Cuba to that halcyon time when rampant racketeering lined the pockets of a cooperative bureaucracy. So what's really going on here? Something (though not a whole lot) to do with the Mafia, and gambling, and drugs, and a little bit of voodooâand enough tedious backstory and superfluous tourist info to bog down a much more substantial narrative.In the absence of a strong storyline, Devlin and company flounder as pathetically as Florida-bound Cubans. The result is almost as much unsatisfactory travelogue as unsatisfactory thriller. Copyright 200 Kirkus Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2000 August #1
The "Red Angel" has disappeared, and since she's the aunt of New York detective Paul Devlin's lover, Devlin is in hot pursuit. Because she was a doctor serving Cuba's poor, finding her may not be so easy especially since she has evidently fallen afoul of a voodoo sect intent on using her bones in a gruesome ceremony. Another addition to an Edgar Award-winning series. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2000 November #1
New York City special investigative detective Paul Devlin leaves behind an apparent gang war to help Adrianna, his Cuban American lover, with a family problem in Cuba. Only after arriving do they discover the death of Adrianna's aunt widely known in Cuba as a heroine of the Revolution and learn that members of a voodoo cult have stolen her body. With the assistance of a local policeman and Devlin's New York partner, Devlin and Adrianna struggle against the machinations of the Cuban secret police and others to uncover the truth. Deeply involving, expertly detailed, and strategically plotted, the latest Devlin mystery from Edgar Award-winning Heffernan is a real attention grabber. Highly recommended for most collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 8/00.] Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2000 October #2
Edgar Award-winner Heffernan's strong new entry in his series featuring New York City detective Paul Devlin, last seen in Winter's Gold (1997), opens with a bang a mob shooting in Manhattan. Later, when Devlin's lover, Adrianna Mendez, learns that her Aunt Maria, a Cuban doctor, is in a Havana hospital, Devlin drops the mob case and accompanies Adrianna to Cuba. There they discover that Maria, a popular folk heroine called the Red Angel and a Castro confidante, is dead and her body missing. As officials from two state security agencies monitor the search for Maria's corpse, Devlin calls in his assistant, Ollie Pitts, for back up. Their investigation leads into the mysterious and dangerous world of Afro-Cuban religion, especially the violent Abakua secret society. But don't forget those New York mobsters. This is a very political book, with Heffernan's complex plot weaving together the Mafia with greedy U.S. and Cuban government officials. Although Devlin and Pitts are standard issue, as are the mobsters, the Cuban characters are well-drawn and attractive, even when slippery. Heffernan also does a superb job explaining the varieties of Cuban religious experience, the Cuban sensibility and the ominous shadows of a rigid police state, though at times such explanations slow down the action. Agent, Gloria Loomis. (Dec.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
