My fellow SleuthSayer David Dean has written a fine story in the "Most Dangerous Game" variety. Terry Holliday is in a Mexican prison for crimes he committed, and some he didn't. his is not what you would call a model prison either.
'Of course, you realize that should you choose to stay with us here, you will surely die," the commandante offered smoothly. He didn't appear to be particularly troubled by the possibility."
Holliday is presented with a chance to get away from the guards and fellow prisoners who want him dead. It seems a group of wealthy philanthropists are running a parole program for certain prisoners. Ah, but we already know that there is a catch. The program sends him to Murder Town.
I have said before I enjoy stories in which characters have a chance at redemption, even if they choose not to take it. Holliday has to find a way to survive, but he may also have a way to dig himself out of the moral pit he has trapped himself in.
Lovely story with a very convincing view of Yucatan along the way.
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