Cadence of the Moon (Costa Rica)
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By Óscar Núñez Olivas
Translated by Joanna Griffin
A SERIES of murders committed with dreadful sadism by a psychopathic killer shakes Costa Rica like one of the earth tremors that periodically bedevil Central America. The police and the press try to uncover the murderer’s grisly trail - leading to a passionate encounter between a detective and an astonishing female reporter whose charms are her most powerful investigative tool.
Cadence of the Moon is a tale of love and mystery based on the Costa Rica’s first known case of a serial killer. Its characters are men and women of flesh and blood, strength and frailty. Núñez Olivas draws upon the details of a notorious unsolved crime that horrified this small country to weave a story that juggles the dilemmas faced by journalists driven by a professional ethic yet living by the rules of the real world.
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‘Óscar Núñez Olivas has that rare gift of the storyteller - an aptitude for compelling narration combined with a dexterity that allows him to address the issues that real people have to face in their daily lives’
- The Latin American Review of Books