Misa de coronación (Novela negra) / Crowning Ceremony (Noir)

A medida que envejece y comienza a resentir los dolores y molestias de su cuerpo, Lope sabe que su trabajo como detective de la Policía de San Juan está llegando a su fin. Odia a su supervisor corrupto y la violencia que enfrenta en las calles día tras día. Lo único que desea es remar en canoa y pasar tiempo con su hija de 12 años, a quien ve menos desde su divorcio. Lo que no puede imaginar es que el caso de homicidio múltiple que ahora investiga lo llevará por toda la isla en menos de una semana, seguido—entre otras cosas—por las pesadas y grises nubes de un huracán inminente y potencialmente devastador.

Muy pronto, Lope se encontrará bajo el oscuro hechizo de un babalawo sediento de venganza. Entre rituales de orishas, el sofocante calor caribeño y el despiadado mundo subterráneo de narcotraficantes y sicarios, Lope tendrá que mantenerse alerta si quiere salir con vida.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A detective novel in which Lope, pursuing leads for what he believes will be his last case before his retirement, comes face to face with the black magic enveloping the island.

Growing older and starting to resent his body’s aches and pains, Lope knows that his job as a detective for the San Juan Police is coming to an end. He hates his corrupt supervisor and the violence he confronts in the streets, day in and day out. The only thing he wants is to canoe and spend time with his 12—year—old daughter, whom he sees less after his divorce. What he cannot fathom is that the multiple homicide that he’s now investigating will take him all over the island in less than a week, followed—among others—by the heavy, grey clouds of an impending, and potentially devastating, hurricane.

Very soon, Lope will find himself under the dark spell of a babalawo with a thirst for revenge. Amidst orisha rituals, the stifling Caribbean heat, and the gritty underground world of drug—dealers and hitmen, Lope will have to keep his wits about him if he wants to make it out alive.