Andalusian Mystery
4 primary works
Book 1
Book 2
This second book of the Andalusian Mystery Series finds DI Leon Prado with his translators, American videographer Amanda Salisbury and ex British soldier Phillip Armitage, continue their hunt for a criminal mastermind and find themselves personally involved in a disturbing case set in the world of bullfighting.
Diego Romero is the youthful star of Spain's premier league of toreros--bullfighters. He's deeply worried about the future of his art form. Public opinion is demanding that this ancient cultural activity is banned--or at least transformed. Diego, backed by the might of two of bullfighting's most enduring dynasties, proposes an updated version with no bloodletting or killing, but the Royal Taurino Society--the powerful bullfighting watchdog--insists on retaining its beloved death in the afternoon. Their conflict comes to a head at the Pedro Romero Festival in Ronda where Diego discovers that a more sinister group is also desperate to block his modernizing agenda.
Book 3
Velez-Malaga is the principal town of La Axarquia, the region to the east of Malaga often compared with Tuscany or Switzerland. This main distribution point for fruits and vegetables is an undiscovered gem of Andalucia, full of ancient monuments and a bustling gypsy community that performs raw, impromptu Flamenco in the central bars and clubs.
In this third book of the Andalusian Mystery Series, Salome Mendosa, a popular Flamenco dancer and former roommate of Amanda, receives an invitation from a lawyer in Velez to learn about her birth family. While there are pleasant surprises, Salome is clearly not welcome by some of the locals. As Salome and Amanda dig into long slumbering legends, they rekindle smoldering jealousy and hatred going back to the Civil War.
Book 4
All roads lead to Granada, the priceless jewel of Andalucia. Nestling under the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada and dominating this historic city, is the Alhambra Palace, one of the wonders of the world. When Anne Pennington, the mistress of a US Senator was exiled from Washington DC, she chose this beautiful place as her new home. He was paying, so she didn't stint. Her favorite pastime was collecting paintings, particularly those by Pablo Picasso. Her house was just below the palace and included its own art gallery for her to relish her treasures. After her lover passed, she married, and decided to show her collection of the famous painter's muses to the world.
Unbeknown to her, one of these artworks was top of the bucket list of an evil criminal who had been leading DI Prado, with translators Amanda and Phillip, a merry dance all over Andalucia. The now elderly man was also the link to the criminals held behind bars from his cases in Malaga, Ronda, and Velez-Malaga. They had desperately needed to find him and exact their revenge before he died.
In this fourth book of the Andalusian Mystery Series, Prado sets out to entrap him.
Anne's paintings would be the bait.