Called to Mexico City by the alluring and enigmatic wife of a vanished billionaire, a private investigator with unusual “sympathetic powers” agrees to solve the mystery of the man’s disappearance. Ludovico Cruz was admired by many for his commitment to social justice, but were his protectors his true friends or in the pay of his enemies? Had he fled, or been kidnapped or murdered by the forces of a brutal dictatorship?
Stalked by corrupt cops and their henchmen, whisked away to secret caves, and haunted by the aura of the man he seeks, our hero must navigate the labyrinthine tunnels of memory and the human heart to close the case.
Frederic Tuten is the author of six novels, including The Door at Midnight; two short story collections, including The Bar at Twilight; and the memoir My Young Life. Among other honors, Tuten has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Distinguished Writing. He lives in New York.