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Perfect Hatred

by Leighton Gage (Goodreads Author)

4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 · rating details · 60 ratings · 13 reviews

Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silva's investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against...more

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Published February 19th 2013 by Soho Crime (first published December 18th 2012)

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Nov 07, 2012 Eric_W rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: police-procedural

My foray into Brazilian police procedurals was rewarding indeed.

A terrorist kills a woman using her baby and carriage to hide a bomb which he detonates just as a policeman is about to inquire as to the baby's lack of response. Some 350 miles south, a popular candidate for political office is assassinated.

Chief Inspector Mario Silva, of the Federal Police, immediately takes charge of the investigation. Fortunately, the bomb, which had been placed under the child, had contained numerous shards of...more My foray into Brazilian police procedurals was rewarding indeed.

A terrorist kills a woman using her baby and carriage to hide a bomb which he detonates just as a policeman is about to inquire as to the baby's lack of response. Some 350 miles south, a popular candidate for political office is assassinated.

Chief Inspector Mario Silva, of the Federal Police, immediately takes charge of the investigation. Fortunately, the bomb, which had been placed under the child, had contained numerous shards of hardware and a washer had gone through the child, slowing its trajectory enough so it bent part of the carriage frame. That meant there would be some of the child's DNA available for identification. (As an aside, I had no idea there was such a thing as "post-detonation taggants." They are bomb-proof, unique particles that are added to explosives so that they can be traced back to sellers and places of origin. Interesting.

Politics being what it is in Brasilia, when the politician, a relative unknown, is assassinated, Silva must focus his efforts on that case rather than the sixty plus people who had been killed in the bombing. It soon becomes complicated, as good mysteries must, and we learn the assassinated politician, Plinio, a revered man, had several enemies, many of whom were not immediately obvious.

Lots of interesting information about Brazil and its relationships with other countries, particularly Paraguay (and most of that not complimentary.) Little snippets of historical information that some readers may find unnecessary but which I always find fascinating, e.g., re Lebanon, "Each new outbreak of violence plunged the country deeper into chaos and caused more of her children to seek new homes abroad. Many chose Brazil. By the beginning of the 1990s, there were, it was said with some justification, more Lebanese in São Paulo than in Beirut. But, before the refugees, before the great torrent of immigration began, there were a few young Lebanese upon whom Brazil exerted its attraction, not as a refuge, but as a land of limitless opportunity."

Silva finds himself under personal attack in the form of an irate land owner who wants to kill him, in addition to his battle with pervasive corruption intertwined with an increasingly dangerous radical Islamic group

A solid read.

Thanks to the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my always uninfluenced review. I never review books I don't like.(less)

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Mar 22, 2013 Lesa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: police-procedural

Leighton Gage's Chief Inspector Mario Silva police procedurals have everything; dirty politics, corruption at every level of the government and the police force, terrorism. The rich just get richer by any means from bribery to murder. That's Mario Silva's world in Brazil, where he and his team of Federal Police do their best to bring about justice. In Perfect Hatred, that team has to deal with two terrible crimes, not knowing their own lives are in danger.

When a terrorist explodes a suicide bomb...more Leighton Gage's Chief Inspector Mario Silva police procedurals have everything; dirty politics, corruption at every level of the government and the police force, terrorism. The rich just get richer by any means from bribery to murder. That's Mario Silva's world in Brazil, where he and his team of Federal Police do their best to bring about justice. In Perfect Hatred, that team has to deal with two terrible crimes, not knowing their own lives are in danger.

When a terrorist explodes a suicide bomb in front of the American embassy, killing sixty-seven, Silva and his entire team turn out to try to identify the killer and find the reason behind the mass murder of women and children. But, before he can even get his teeth into the case, the Minister of Justice pulls strings and sends Silva to Parana, where a political candidate was assassinated in front of over 250 thousand people. Silva's angry that he was pulled from the more pressing case, but he's even angrier when the politician's bodyguard is murdered just before Silva reaches him.

Silva is forced to work both cases, but he considers the act of a terrorism a bigger threat, particularly after another bomb goes off in Argentina, a bomb made of the same components as the one in Brazil. So, he works closely with his team, with no idea that a psychopath has Silva himself as a target, the incorruptible cop who testified against him and is sending him to prison.

Gage's Brazilian mysteries are not for every reader. The stories are complex, with a number of characters and a couple storylines. They're gritty, violent, and realistic, spotlighting the crime and corruption in Brazil and neighboring countries in South America. Crime investigation in South America is not easy when the police themselves are often the target.

Leighton Gage has his finger on the pulse of Brazil in the same way Jeffrey Siger does for Greece. Both authors are masters of the contemporary gritty story focusing on today's issues in troubled countries. Each of Gage's books has targeted issues in Brazil. And, this one, with its focus on terrorism, is probably the scariest of all. In fact, there's less black humor in this book than in previous ones in the series. Perfect Hatred is a contemporary story dealing with issues that are critical in the world today. Too many details would spoil the plot. But, as with the best police procedurals, when the story is wrapped up, justice has been served. And, Leighton Gage's Mario Silva investigations are some of the best contemporary police procedurals out there. (less)

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Feb 21, 2013 Jeffrey Siger rated it 5 of 5 stars

“And you must call me Ismail.” I smiled when I read that homage to the opening line of Moby Dick buried in Leighton Gage’s sixth Brazil-based Chief Inspector Mario Silva mystery, PERFECT HATRED. Then I thought about it and realized Gage and Melville reached to explore many of the same issues: class and social distinction, good and evil, and destructive obsession. Melville had his great whale and Gage his vast Brazil, a giant land larger than the continental United States, filled with diverse ric...more

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Feb 10, 2013 J Edward Tremlett rated it 4 of 5 stars

As Chief Inspector of Brazil's Federal Police Force, Mario Silva knows which way the wind blows, and that it doesn't tend to bring good things with it.

So when his investigation of a shocking crime -- a suicide bombing in Sao Paulo, of all places -- gets interrupted by the assassination of a Gubernatorial candidate in Curitaba, he understands that he has no choice but to put the murder of one, important man over the deaths of many. That's just the way things work in this country, after all.

But w...more As Chief Inspector of Brazil's Federal Police Force, Mario Silva knows which way the wind blows, and that it doesn't tend to bring good things with it.

So when his investigation of a shocking crime -- a suicide bombing in Sao Paulo, of all places -- gets interrupted by the assassination of a Gubernatorial candidate in Curitaba, he understands that he has no choice but to put the murder of one, important man over the deaths of many. That's just the way things work in this country, after all.

But with his team split up, Silva's going to find it hard to see justice done in both cases. Especially when the key witness to the shooting winds up dead in his hospital room, and the trail the bomber left leads to very interesting places. Dangerous places, as well.

Unfortunately, that's not the only danger, here. A ruthless smear of a man -- free before his murder trial -- is out to kill Silva before he can testify against him. This high-placed man may not have a lot of time left, but he has money and connections, and that's all he needs to gather some dangerous men to help him in his quest.

Can Mario Silva and his team unravel both mysteries before their enemies, old and new, find a way to end his investigations? Or will he be able to use the loose strings of Brazilian justice to his advantage?

I came to this series hoping for an atmospheric mystery with a character I could really root for, and I'm happy to say I found it in Perfect Hatred. The characters are believable, the plot tight, and the denouement very much in keeping with the setting and its sliding notions of justice and fairness.

It is also a very complex mystery, filled with enough possibles and maybes to keep even a canny reader puzzled until the end. The author -- a very gracious fellow -- challenged me to deduce what was going on after a sufficient page count, and I'm happy to say that I missed the cigar by a wide margin.

(As someone who reads a lot of mystery novels, and can sometimes puzzle out whodunnit by the book's mid-point, that is a very good thing, indeed.)

The Chief Inspector Mario Silva series has been gathering acclaim for its intricate, hard-hitting police procedurals, and this latest foray into the field is a perfect example of why. If you like exotic mysteries that genuinely keep you guessing, peopled with intriguing characters, all trying to keep law and order in a place where such things are often pushed off the table in favor of favors and appearances, then you should invest in Perfect Hatred.

Perfect Hatred drops February 19th, 2013. (less)

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Feb 10, 2013 Gloria Feit rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the sixth novel in the series referred to as the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations, and a very welcome return it is. The book opens, shockingly, with a man cutting the throat of a young woman and kidnapping her infant child. Shortly followed by a suicide bombing outside the US consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is in turn followed by another suicide bombing in Buenos Aires, outside of the oldest Jewish synagogue in Argentina. All with the attendant high numbers of innocent vi...more This is the sixth novel in the series referred to as the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations, and a very welcome return it is. The book opens, shockingly, with a man cutting the throat of a young woman and kidnapping her infant child. Shortly followed by a suicide bombing outside the US consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is in turn followed by another suicide bombing in Buenos Aires, outside of the oldest Jewish synagogue in Argentina. All with the attendant high numbers of innocent victims, including, in Buenos Aires, the Israeli ambassador to Argentina, his wife and two children.

A grisly beginning, to be sure. We quickly learn of additional targeted killings planned, in a book replete with murderous plots from start to finish, typical, one must believe, of the true climate of politics in parts of this country filled with great beauty, and even greater intrigue. Heading up the investigation is the brilliant and incorruptible Mario Silva and his team, once again including once again one of my favorites, charming Haraldo “Babyface” Goncalves [so called because although he is 34 he looks 22. The reader is quickly reminded of the corruption that pervades every possible level of many South American countries, from the cop on the street to the highest elected officials. As the investigation proceeds, everything the investigators thought they knew is called into question. It soon becomes apparent that there will be no lack of suspects, including killers with principles, and politicians with none.

As Inspector Silva says, “I’ve been in the service of a corrupt legal system for all of my working life. Another cop says “In case you guys never noticed, politics and favoritism is what Brasilia is all about.” And from another character, “In his world, the rich didn’t go to jail. Not in Brazil. Not even if they killed an unnamed, penniless priest, in the presence of a federal cop, as he had done.” As well, the author paints a chilling portrait of the overwhelming number of criminal activities rampant throughout the neighboring country of Paraguay.

As awful as is this portrait of these events, and the people who plan and carry them out, don’t think the book is a dark one. Almost surprisingly, I would not describe it as such. It is fascinating, well-written, fast-paced, and thoroughly enjoyable.

Highly recommended.
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Oct 15, 2012 MaryAnn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: net-galley

I GREATLY enjoyed this story. I haven't read any other of the novels in the "Chief Inspector Mario Silva" series, but I found the plot creation and structure very credible and engaging. I will say that the plot is very complex with a large quantity of characters to keep track of, but the focus required is well worth the effort.

Basic premise of the story is terrorism and execution of a political figure. I thought it was very interesting to read the interchange of political views and policies betw...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Cathy Cole rated it 5 of 5 stars

First Line: The action began auspiciously.

The old adage "it never rains but it pours" has never been truer for Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team. A suicide bombing which is the apparent work of militant Islamists has killed over sixty people, but the assassination of a gubernatorial candidate during a campaign rally has Silva's superiors screaming. Told to focus on the assassination, Silva doesn't. He divides his team so both cases are being worked simultaneously. He refuses to ignore th...more First Line: The action began auspiciously.

The old adage "it never rains but it pours" has never been truer for Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team. A suicide bombing which is the apparent work of militant Islamists has killed over sixty people, but the assassination of a gubernatorial candidate during a campaign rally has Silva's superiors screaming. Told to focus on the assassination, Silva doesn't. He divides his team so both cases are being worked simultaneously. He refuses to ignore the slaughter of innocents. After all-- he's been on the job long enough to know how to work around the men in higher positions.

An assassin, terrorists, tracking down explosives in Paraguay... that would be enough for anyone to handle, but there's something that Silva isn't aware of: a criminal who's just been released from prison has vowed to kill him, and he's going to do his best to get the job done.

If you want to read crime fiction set in present-day Brazil, the very first author whose books you need to get your hands on is Leighton Gage. He gives us a clear-eyed look into a system filled with
corruption and bribery, but Gage also shows us that there is justice to be had. How? Through the character of Chief Inspector Mario Silva. As Silva tells someone:

"Senhora, I've been in the service of a corrupt legal system for all of my working life. I'm nothing if not a pragmatist."

"That's what Luis said. That's why I'm telling you all this."

"But I'm also an idealist. And any evil I do, I attempt to do for the greater good."

For every corrupt politician, for every bribe-taking police officer, for every barbaric person of undeserved privilege, Leighton Gage shows us that there are those who are brave enough to tell the truth and to insist upon justice for all. Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team are among those who persist in fighting for what's right-- and one of the ways they do it is to band together as a family, to know each other's strengths and weaknesses, to make bad jokes amongst themselves to lighten tense situations. This team is one that you grow to care deeply about, and the subplot involving the criminal planning Silva's death can make your blood run cold.

All three subplots-- bombing, assassination, threat on Silva's life-- are engrossing, and watching each come to its conclusion is a pleasure. Whenever I learn that Leighton Gage has a new book
coming out, I smile. I know I will be whisked off to a distant land filled with excitement, outrage, and danger, but a land where I will also be among my fictional friends. I know I said earlier that you should read these books if you want to read about present-day Brazil-- and you should-- but you should really read them if you like crime fiction writing at its best.(less)

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Mar 12, 2013 Sebastian rated it 5 of 5 stars

"I want the smile on my face to be the last thing they see on this earth"

The first word in the title of this book does a great job in describing it: Perfect. I have been a fan of Leighton Gage's series since the beginning, and currently it is firmly established among my favorite series. This installment is among the best Gage has produced so far, and leads me to say that even though I thought it was an impossible task, this series is actually getting better.

The elements from previous successful...more "I want the smile on my face to be the last thing they see on this earth"

The first word in the title of this book does a great job in describing it: Perfect. I have been a fan of Leighton Gage's series since the beginning, and currently it is firmly established among my favorite series. This installment is among the best Gage has produced so far, and leads me to say that even though I thought it was an impossible task, this series is actually getting better.

The elements from previous successful books are there. We have the raw brutality surrounding the cases, the overwhelming evil of some of the characters, the expert use of the local idiosyncrasies and the thoroughly engaging mystery plots. In this book I especially enjoyed how the author blended two cases together, a terrorist attack in Sao Paulo and an assassination in Curitiba. Even those used to the series may find some of the details in reference to the terrorist attack hard to swallow, but that is what you get with Gage, raw brutal images.

To make matters even more interesting, we get to see the continuation on the situation of the despicable Muniz. He is trying to weasel his way out of the charges he is facing and is willing to do anything to achieve this, including lying, cheating, bribing or killing. This aspect of the story works very well with the two cases and keeps the pace of the book moving at outstanding speed.

It was very interesting to me how even though the killers in the two cases are revealed pretty quickly, the author manages to create a thrilling atmosphere and to keep us on our toes. The questions remain around the ones that may have given the orders, and the reasons behind these.

Gage as always does a great job with the characters. Besides the ones we always enjoy, he gives new ones real depth and we get to understand their motivations with very succinct descriptions. I particularly like how the personal likes and dislikes among characters plays a big role in how they interact professionally.

This is another outstanding entry in the series and should not be missed!(less)

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Feb 07, 2013 Howard Marder rated it 5 of 5 stars

If you don't know anything about Brazil, don't read a guide book to understand what this huge complex country is about. The author will flit from place to place like a butterfly sampling the nectar but never tasting the flower or the fruit. Don't talk to friends who have travelled there because they probably have not seen more than the beaches in Rio de Janeiro or the Amazon river, the beat of Bahia or maybe the force of Iguacu Falls, or wherever else it is that tourists think that they should g...more If you don't know anything about Brazil, don't read a guide book to understand what this huge complex country is about. The author will flit from place to place like a butterfly sampling the nectar but never tasting the flower or the fruit. Don't talk to friends who have travelled there because they probably have not seen more than the beaches in Rio de Janeiro or the Amazon river, the beat of Bahia or maybe the force of Iguacu Falls, or wherever else it is that tourists think that they should go so that they can bore their friends with tales of the exotic.

What you should do is read a book written by someone who lives in Brazil, preferably someone who has been a resident for a long time. A book written by someone who has a Brazilian wife, Brazilian children and grandchildren. A book written by someone who has lived and worked elsewhere so that he can make valid comparisons. And it should be a book written by someone who knows how to write well. That someone is Leighton Gage and his latest Brazilian murder mystery (the sixth) is Perfect Hatred and yes, I really recommend that you read and enjoy it if you want to know about Brazil.

Gage's books are not for the weak of heart. This is not a "cozy" mystery. It is about murder based on hatred, greed and lots of other reasons. Here's the question that comes to mind: Is it possible to like a book based on hatred?

The book begins with a bang, literally. Salem Nabulsi, a muslim terrorist, explodes a bomb in a public setting and too many people are killed. Since he is a suicide bomber, and we know who he is from the first page, this is not a "whodunnit". Because we know that he is a muslim terrorist, the question really isn't why he did it. The reader now becomes a part of the investigation of the bombing. What really is underlying the bombing? Where did the C4 in the bomb come from and how did Nabulsi obtain it to make the bomb? Now we have a mystery to be solved.

Almost simultaneously there is a murder in the city of Curitiba at an outdoor election rally. When gubernatorial candidate Plinio Saldano is killed along with others, and we are witness to the shooting, we again have a murder that is a "whydunnit?" and not a "whodunnit". In fact, on p. 99, the widow of another victim of violence asks, "But why? That's what I want to know."

Is it connected to the bombing in São Paulo or is it just another case of knowing who committed the murder but not knowing why?

Does the sub plot with a criminal with murder on his mind, Orlando Muniz, get in the way of the real story or is it just a device for making this an international story? Before you know it this becomes an international mystery. Is this a book about Brazil or its neighbor Paraguay? Or is it a book about no single nation but worldwide religious fanaticism. Are there other nations involved? Yes. Will your eyes spin as you work your way through the many characters in the book? Probably.

Gage writes so well about violence and multiple murder victims that the reader doesn't even question how many people have been killed or how many more might be killed. Did I mention that he also gives you a perspective on Brazil that you are not likely to get elsewhere?

If you look at earlier books by Gage, like Buried Strangers, you accept the fact that there are going to be multiple victims (37 bodies were found buried in that book).

For readers who have come expecting Gage to be their tour guide through the corruption that is Brazil, there is plenty for you to ingest. But this is a book about something more than Brazil. This is about stupid people filled with perfect hatred whose victims are the innocent and those who might not be so innocent.

There is no disappointment in Gage's ability as a storyteller. He is a master and if you haven't read his other books you should do yourself a favor. Go out and buy them and read them. You just might learn something about Brazil and why people commit murder.
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Mar 11, 2013 Bree T rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime, cultural, issues, kindle-version, netgalley, arc, series

It begins with a suicide bombing at the US consulate in São Paulo, when what looks like a young Muslim mother pushing her baby in a pram sets off an explosive bomb. Chief Inspector of the Brazilian Federal Police, Mario Silva has barely begun to pull together a team when he is abruptly interrupted and told to prioritize another case. The assassination of a Gubernatorial candidate in Curitaba demands his full attention.

Silva and the people he trusts begin investigating both incidents, looking int...more It begins with a suicide bombing at the US consulate in São Paulo, when what looks like a young Muslim mother pushing her baby in a pram sets off an explosive bomb. Chief Inspector of the Brazilian Federal Police, Mario Silva has barely begun to pull together a team when he is abruptly interrupted and told to prioritize another case. The assassination of a Gubernatorial candidate in Curitaba demands his full attention.

Silva and the people he trusts begin investigating both incidents, looking into the possibility of a connection between the two crimes. As well as the assassination and the terrorist attack, which could bring forth the wrath of four governments if they don’t solve where the extremists got the explosives from and soon, Silva has another problem. He’s a witness in a case that will see a notorious criminal named Muniz put away for many years, something that Muniz isn’t going to take lying down. He has put into place plans to kill Silva personally and he’s going to enjoy it.

Perfect Hatred is the 6th novel in the Brazilian police procedural series featuring Chief Inspector Mario Silva and I’ve come to enjoy returning to Brasilia and its surrounds each year and watching Silva and his colleagues put their considerable investigative powers to good use. I always learn things too, while reading these novels, which is lots of fun. It’s great to revisit a setting that I really still don’t know a huge amount about and get more of a feel for the culture, the bureaucracy, the criminal element. And this one opens with a bang with something that I wouldn’t particularly expect in Brazil, a terrorist bombing. There’s a small but strong Muslim community in the area (which I also didn’t know – apparently at one stage there were more Lebanese in São Paulo than Beirut) and it seems that this bombing is the work of a militant Islamic group. Also – the amount of C4 that has gone missing is a lot more than was used to make the bomb so Silva and his crew know that there is a lot more out there. They’ll need to work fast to find it before it can be used to take more lives.

What helps Mario and his crew is that the bomb contains a “signature” in the fragments of explosive which help trace its origin back to the Paraguayan military. Because the bomb was underneath the baby and exploded up through it, they can also trace fragments of the baby’s DNA through these same identification taggants. This allows them to not only track down who sold the C4 explosive and who they sold it to but also the ability to attempt to track down the baby’s parents. It doesn’t take Mario long to realise from the CCTV footage that the person pushing the pram is not a woman and therefore this is probably a kidnapping, using the baby and pram carriage for the purposes of camouflage.

This book is Silva and his team doing what they do best – using their calm, methodical investigative techniques to dig out the crucial information they need and slowly put a case together despite being blocked at nearly ever turn. Silva is the sort of character that you never really learn too much about – I’m six books in (although I think there’s 1 I haven’t read) and although I can judge for myself a lot about his character, I don’t really know what he’s thinking. He’s had some tragedy in his life and this seems filed grimly away. A sentence here or there gives you a glimpse into it and the situation with his wife, who has never really recovered. Silva seems the sort to bury himself in his work and living where he does, he always has quite a lot of work to bury himself in. This time we are introduced to a new level of corruption in neighbouring Paraguay. Paraguay makes Brazil look lily white and Silva and his colleagues find themselves blocked numerous times by various “businessmen” and a jihadist Islamic priest but they are pretty skilled in maneuvering themselves around blocks and finding not only ways to get in, but ways to do this and annoy the people who were blocking them.

I also really liked the subplot involving the criminal Muniz who is about to face lengthy jail time thanks to Silva and a prosecutor He seeks to negate this by eliminating both of them but finds himself having some trouble with his paid help along the way and an irrational but amusing fear of water doesn’t help either. I actually found some of the scenes featuring Muniz very tense (which are balanced out by the other investigative scenes) and even though I know that Silva is extremely unlikely to die, I have to admit, I feared for the people around him who might be considered more expendable.

Perfect Hatred reminds me why I like novels that I term to be “smart crime” – those which are equal parts informative and sinister. I love learning about places in South America and the intricacies of relations between countries in South America as well as on a smaller scale, the relationship between various forms of government, bureaucracy and different agencies in Brazil. You get the picture of a country that has both great wealth and crippling poverty and Silva encounters it all.(less)

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May 04, 2013 Emkay Scott rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: literary-crime

This is the 6th Gage book I've read after discovering him in 2012. His work is well-written and all the more shocking because its characters (the police detectives) deal with daily political interference, corruption, nepotism and so forth in a manner that is both world-weary and worldly. None of the trite heroics and crusading that American books offer up; this is real-politick - dirty, nasty, and likely very real.

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Mar 03, 2013 Martina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: international, mystery-crime

The sixth book in Gage's terrific series featuring Mario Silva, Chief Inspector with the Brazilian Federal Police. A police procedural as well as a thriller, crime novel, and cultural study, the series is filled with fully developed characters which I am eager to know more about. This book deals with Brazilian politics, Paraguayan corruption (and a fair bit of the same in Brazil!), as well as the large Muslim community which is found in the Tri-Border Area where Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay m...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Kenneth Fredette rated it 4 of 5 stars

You could say that "Perfect Hatred" could be reasonably created to lesson the peoples bias against other peoples ideas. We have a ways to go on that ourself.

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May 09, 2013 Carrie rated it 4 of 5 stars

I thought that it was a great story. it was intense and kept me hooked.

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Mar 21, 2013 Lenny rated it 5 of 5 stars

A terrific read--which makes it six in a row for Mr. Gage.

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Apr 04, 2013 Theresa de Valence rated it 5 of 5 stars

PERFECT HATRED by Leighton Gage is a fascinating story with deep insights into modern multi-cultural tensions of immigrant populations and the age-old fodder of political intrigue and corruption.

It’s been a year and I’ve forgotten these characters. As the story unfolds I’m reminded why I felt so moved by them. The true joy of PERFECT HATRED is the rich interaction which occurs when interesting people interact with warmth, innuendo, barbs, humour and love.

A very satisfying book.

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Apr 25, 2013 Bonnie Riley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Too short!

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Mar 23, 2013 Erik rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-crime

Nice addition to the Silva series. This book is a bit different in the sense that Silva is only in half the book; indeed, this book is more of an ensemble than a vehicle for Silva. And I appreciate the turn back to the grim world Gage is so good at writing about.

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May 07, 2013 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I just never got into it. I never remembered the characters' names so I would get confused. It wasn't a bad book, I can see how some would enjoy it, but I just never got into the book so I didn't really enjoy it

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Leighton Gage writes the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series, crime novels set in Brazil. He and his Brazilian-born wife divide their time between their home in Brazil and those of their children and grandchildren in Europe and the U.S.
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