β Scribed by Leighton Gage
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Brazil is hosting soccer's World Cupβand the police must solve the kidnapping of a star player's motherβin this "world-class procedural series" (The Wall Street Journal).
It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe's premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. A victory for the home team is inextricably linked to the skills of the country's principal striker, Tico "The Artist" Santos, and all the politicians in Brasilia, from the president of the Republic on down, have their seats squared away for the finaleβwhere they hope to see Argentina, Brazil's bitterest rival, humbled by the Brazilian eleven.
But then, just three weeks before the first game, Tico's mother is kidnapped. The star is distraught. The public is appalled. The politicians are outraged. And the pressure is on Chief Inspector Mario Silva to get her back.
Suspects aren't lacking. Among them, are a cabal of Argentineans, suspected of...
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