Peter Bush translates this Inspector Mario Conde case from one of Cuba's most popular living authors. Conde must get to grips with a murder in the Barrio Chino, Havana's Chinatown. Netflix has recently adapted Padura's "Havana Quartet".

Leonardo Padura was born in Havana in 1955. A novelist, journalist, and critic, he is the author of several novels, one collection of essays, and a volume of short stories. His Havana series crime novels featuring the detective Mario Conde, published in English by Bitter Lemon Press, have been translated into many languages and have won literary prizes around the world.