Joe Pembroke, professor of Voltaire College Chicago and a specialist in pre-Columbian culture, was killed in the port of Valparaiso in a creepy way: his head was found in the busy Emerald Street while his body was thrown off a cliff with an engraved scythe burned into his chest. In connection with the killing a number of possibilities ranging from revenge to a drug too dangerous secret affair investigate more open. Cayetano Brulé, Cuban detective settled in Chile, takes the case despite its many difficulties, and embarks on a new adventure that will take you around the world in search of clues dating back centuries and involve the foundations of civilization current. Bay mysteries lead us in new and unexpected ways of police narrative. An exciting and exquisite novel that literally grabs the reader.
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