Prize-winning murder mystery novel in which two boy detectives solve a crime in 1960s Brazil -- reminiscent of Niccolo Ammaniti's "I'm Not Scared, Stand By Me" and "To Kill a Mockingbird."
If I close my eyes now, I can still feel her blood on my fingers. If only I had closed my eyes then, or kept my mouth shut, not told anyone about our discovery by the swimming hole, we could have gone back to dreaming about spaceships.
A horrifying discovery by two young boys while playing in a mango plantation marks the end of their childhood. As they finally open their eyes to the adult world,...

A literary thriller and roller coaster novel of kidnap, dceit, and corruption in 1990s Brazil
Olavo Bettencourt is an important man, a man of spin. With Brazil adjusting to the new idea of democracy, his PR firm holds the balance of power in its hands. Which has also made Olavo very rich, if not very popular. Loathed by his trophy wife and mired in a web of political corruption that spreads from Sao Paolo to Switzerland, Israel, and New York, Olavo is an obvious target for extortion. And what better leverage can there be but the kidnapping of his only son. Except that the child on...