ASIN: B006466CCE
Publisher: Sendero Press
Pages: 371
Named one of the top 100 Indie novels of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews "A vividly described journey through Peru’s underbelly as the narrative gains momentum, hurtling toward a dramatic climax."...Kirkus Reviews The Truth Can Be Deadly In 1987, the dirty war that will last twelve years and kill thirty thousand Peruvians finally reaches up through the Andean cloud forest for Nina and her family. Nina’s father is shot by soldiers, her mother raped, and her brother lost to the shadowy ranks of Shining Path guerrillas. And when Agustín Malqui, the village pastor, files a legal complaint against the military, it’s no surprise when he disappears in the middle of the night—just another casualty of the military regime. Twenty-odd years later, Nina, now an officer in Cuzco’s tourist police, comes across a familiar name on the police printer that she scans daily for any trace of her long-lost brother. ...
