Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Book one in the Sao Paulo thrillers
Gringa
What you need to know before your trail
Mario Leme is a low-ranking detective in the São Paulo civil police. Every day on the way to work he sets off early and drives through the favela known as Paraisopolis – Paradise City. It’s a pilgrimage: his wife Renata was gunned down at an intersection here a year ago, the victim of a stray bullet in a conflict between drug dealers.
One morning, parked near the place where Renata died, he sees an SUV careen out of control and flip over. The driver Leo is killed, but before his body is removed, Leme is sure he sees bullet wounds.
Leo’s death wasn’t an accident, he was murdered. Soon, his girlfriend turns up dead too. And if they were killed deliberately, perhaps Renata was too…
Leme finds himself immersed further and further in the dark underbelly of Brazilian society, as corruption seeps from the highest to the lowest echelons, and the devastating truth about Renata begins to emerge
Travel Guide
Travel through the city of Sao Paulo BookTrail style
This book looks at the social, financial and political spheres of Brazilian society. In this book it’s the lead up to the World cup and the regeneration needed to make the city good for visitors and international attention. This means urban generation and it will affect the central shanty town area of Cracolandia.
The novel delves into the behind the scenes of the regeneration schemes. Those with money and power seem to want to control the city and tough luck to those who might live and work in their way. The practices are illegal and there are consequences.
There is a great deal of social injustice evoked by this book and examined throughout the plot. This is definately the underbelly of the city.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Gringa
Destination/location: Sao Paulo Author/Guide: Joe Thomas Departure Time: 2000s
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