Leighton Gage
Leighton Gage (1942-2013) wrote seven books in the Mario Silva series: Blood of the Wicked, Buried Strangers, Dying Gasp, Every Bitter Thing, A Vine in the Blood, Perfect Hatred, and The Ways of Evil Men. Since 1973, he spent part of each year in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil, where he met his wife, Eide. His books have been translated into French, Italian, Finnish, and Dutch.
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A Vine in the Blood
- By: Leighton Gage
- Narrator: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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3.9(221 ratings)
It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe’s premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. All eyes are on the country’s principal striker, Tico “The Artist” Santos, the greatest player in the history of the sport. All the politicians in Brasilia, from the President of the Republic on down, have their seats squared away for the finale, when they hope to see Argentina, Brazil’s bitterest rival, humbled by the Brazilian eleven. But then, just three weeks before the first game, Juraci Santos, Tico’s mother, is kidnapped. The star is distraught. The public is appalled. The politicians are outraged. And the pressure is on Chief Inspector Mario Silva to get her back. Suspects aren’t lacking. Among them are a cabal of Argentineans, suspected of having spirited the lady away to put Tico off his game; the star’s gold-digging, top-model girlfriend, whom his mother dislikes and has been trying to get out of his life; his principal rival, who wants to play in the World Cup in Tico’s place; and the man whose leg Tico broke during a match, thereby destroying his career. In the end, Silva and his crew discover that the solution to the mystery is less complex–but entirely unexpected.
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- By: Leighton Gage
- Narrator: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.85(188 ratings)
Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silva’s investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against the chief inspector has been released from prison and is plotting ugly revenge.
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