Leighton Gage

Leighton Gage signs Buried Strangers (Soho hc, $24). Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the Federal police is called in when a dog unearths a human bone in Sãn Paulo, Brazil. Quickly, his team finds more bones and they understand that the pet uncovered a secret graveyard. But one of the biggest questions ... (more)is how old is this secret cemetery, or is it still in use? In paper, Blood of the Wicked (Soho, 13.00), the debut of the series.

The acclaimed author of Blood of the Wicked will sign & discuss his second Mario Silva crime novel, Buried Strangers (Soho Crime; $24). A playful dog finds a bone at the outset of this mystery set in São Paulo, Brazil. Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the federal police based in Brasilia and his team ... (more)of investigators, Hector Costa and Arnaldo Nues, are called in. The bone is human and the investigators soon unearth a clandestine cemetery -- and then another. Someone has secretly disposed of the bodies of hundreds of unknown human beings, often interred in family groups. And in São Paulo, it turns out, many patrons of a local travel agency have never reached their North American destinations. The motive for these mass murders is completely contemporary and completely appalling.