An Inspector Ramirez Novel: The Beggar's Opera (Series #1) (Paperback)

from LeHack

The first in a series featuring Inspector Ramirez of Havana, Cuba. Detective Mike Ellis and his wife are on vacation in Havana. Mike is currently on disability leave following a work related injury that left his partner dead. He and his wife aren't getting along well, and his wife abruptly decide...

from Readanon

Fast-paced, interesting story with interesting characters and a glimpse into life in Cuba. I've read other books about Cuba, and this one reinforced my views of what life there is like. While I wasn't at all surprised by the ending - I'd suspected the culprit early-on - it was an enjoyable read a...

from thosgpetri

I truly liked this book, but found some of the ending predictable though some of it was still a surprise. The surprises were enough to keep me reading and enjoying it. Part of the enjoyment was in the premise that the protaganist, Detective Ricardo Ramirez could see the spirits of dead people, vi...

from Crazymamie

Set in Havana, Cuba, The Beggar's Opera is the debut novel by Canadian author Peggy Blair and features Inspector Ricardo Ramirez, who is the head of the Major Crimes Unit, and as if that weren't enough, he also sees dead people. Not just the actual dead bodies that he comes across in his job as a...

from Betty30554

Book Description: In beautiful, crumbling Old Havana, detective Mike Ellis hopes the sun and sand will save his troubled marriage. He doesn't yet know that it's dead in the water, much like the little Cuban boy last seen begging the couple for a few pesos on the world-famous Malecon. For Inspecto...