A nice private eye story by Mr. Lantigua.
A Brazilian couple named the Mattos led the fight against development in their region and are murdered for it. Now their daughter Constancia has taken up the cause and is supposed to make a speech in the Everglades National Park in Florida.
The bad guys would like to her silence her too but they know that a political assassination in the United States would cause more trouble than it would end. But they can give a plane ticket to Constanzia's bitter former lover, and set him loose in Florida. A lover's quarrel ending in tragedy is no cause for an international incident. Did I mention he is an expert marksman with a rifle and a bow and arrow?
Connie's new lover contacts Mimi P.I. Willie Cuesta, and Willie, trying to provide bodyguard service on a shoestring, gathers some unlikely allies...
A good tale with a strong sense of place.
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