- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Soho Crime (Jan 1 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1569476136
- ISBN-13: 978-1569476130
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13.2 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #449,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series:
“Intelligent and subtle. . . . Lovers of suspenseful and sophisticated crime novels will be rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly
“An impressive follow up to an excellent debut. . . . Gage’s talents include not only captivating characters and realistic plots, but also an intensely realized sense of place and an unrelenting fast pace.”—Booklist
“Highly recommended.”—Library Journal, starred review
“Both a powerful political thriller and gripping crime fiction.”—Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Breathtaking. . . . A book you can’t afford to miss.”—Louise Ure
“Terrifically written, intelligent, and powerfully evocative. Leighton Gage is a master storyteller.”—Brian Haig
“As rich and complex as Brazil itself.”—Rebecca Pawel
The granddaughter of a prominent politician is missing. Silva and his team find her in Manaus, a jungle hellhole on the Amazon where an evil female doctor is making gory snuff films. Silva must overcome his own department’s indifference and the corrupt local cops before he can obtain a semblance of justice for the victims.
Leighton Gage has spent many years in Brazil, where he maintains a home. He also lives in Miami and spends part of the year in the Netherlands. His previous books in the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series, Blood of the Wicked and Buried Strangers, are also available.
“Intelligent and subtle. . . . Lovers of suspenseful and sophisticated crime novels will be rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly
“An impressive follow up to an excellent debut. . . . Gage’s talents include not only captivating characters and realistic plots, but also an intensely realized sense of place and an unrelenting fast pace.”—Booklist
“Highly recommended.”—Library Journal, starred review
“Both a powerful political thriller and gripping crime fiction.”—Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Breathtaking. . . . A book you can’t afford to miss.”—Louise Ure
“Terrifically written, intelligent, and powerfully evocative. Leighton Gage is a master storyteller.”—Brian Haig
“As rich and complex as Brazil itself.”—Rebecca Pawel
The granddaughter of a prominent politician is missing. Silva and his team find her in Manaus, a jungle hellhole on the Amazon where an evil female doctor is making gory snuff films. Silva must overcome his own department’s indifference and the corrupt local cops before he can obtain a semblance of justice for the victims.
Leighton Gage has spent many years in Brazil, where he maintains a home. He also lives in Miami and spends part of the year in the Netherlands. His previous books in the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series, Blood of the Wicked and Buried Strangers, are also available.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dying Gasp, another outstanding Mario Silva book, Dec 13 2009
By Susie "Susie" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Dying Gasp: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation (Hardcover)
Leighton Gage has done it again.
DYING GASP is another brilliantly written book about horrific crimes and police official corruption that plague real life in Brazil.
Aside from the masterful storytelling, the character of Mario Silva is what makes this a most outstanding police procedural series and outshines the best writers we have today.
As a big fan of Henning Mankell I can say Leighton Gage is in the same league or better.
The story opens with Silva updating his boss on a prisoner being held in a cell where he's being raped at least six times a day. His boss is shocked, and tells Silva he's gone much too far this time.
Silva explains that this prisoner is no better than the others, the only difference, they prey on grown men while this prisoner preys on children.
I've never read a book with a protagonist as original and ruthless as Silva.
Before the book opens there is a quote from Job 11:20 (New International Version)
"...escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."
I'm not sure if the quote applies to those who cross Silva's path or victims who have been horribly violated.
This is a gripping, fast paced, can't put it down read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gage Ranks Among the Aces, July 16 2011
By zorba - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Dying Gasp: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation Set in Brazil (Paperback)
Leighton Gage is as good a police procedural writer as you'll find out there today. Set in Brazil, his Chief Inspector Mario Silva books, so far, do not disappoint. In this offering Gage tackles two particularly gruesome and loathesome subjects -- child prostitution and snuff films -- the latter of which he declines to treat as an urban legend, with some basis in fact. Whereas Gage's characters are fairly well drawn, they are not subtle. The bad guys are real bad -- the good guys, angels. But Silva is a good character who, like most fictional cops, are harassed by their bosses and the public, only to emerge victorius in the end. This is a fast-paced, enjoyable thriller by a talented author.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Leighton Gage Delivers on the Crime Front in this, Dec 18 2011
By glen cantrell "Glen Cantrell" - Published on Amazon.com
Set in Brazil, Leighton Gage the Author has weaved a mystery and crime novel that pushes so many other big Author names aside within this genre. The story is packed with everything you want a Crime novel to be and more. I was mesmerized from Page 1 and was swept off of my back and feet. I applaud Leighton Gage for his ability to write something fresh. A thrill a minute. This would make an awesome script and then movie for sure. Procure this book everyone.
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