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Restaurante Oaxaca
A second-class bus ride back from the mountains of southern Mexico to Oaxaca City ends for expat
"Roberto" Evans when a gang robs the passengers and shoots an off duty state cop. Evans finds himself entangled in crime once again helping his taxista friend search for the killer in Oaxaca and in Mexico City.
Evans manages to eat well, drink a bit, and explore his favorite city as two reformed thugs, daughter Randy, and new friend Pedro Perro help to chase after the good life with some crime fighting on the side. (Restaurant Oaxaca)
"Roberto" Evans when a gang robs the passengers and shoots an off duty state cop. Evans finds himself entangled in crime once again helping his taxista friend search for the killer in Oaxaca and in Mexico City.
Evans manages to eat well, drink a bit, and explore his favorite city as two reformed thugs, daughter Randy, and new friend Pedro Perro help to chase after the good life with some crime fighting on the side. (Restaurant Oaxaca)
211 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 27, 2016
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July 18, 2016
Note -- I got a preview copy to proofread, so there may be differences between my copy and yours.
Anyway, Robert Evans has recovered (more or less) from the events of the last book, but they have left him disillusioned and heading for the States. It takes Efraim and a new puzzle to solve to pull him back into the Oaxacan life he loves, and remind him why he stays.
I love how Evans has changed over the course of the books -- in the first book, he takes every opportunity to avoid getting involved in trouble. In this one, he finally admits that he lives for it, and chooses to get involved. This book has everything -- foods and flavors of different parts of Mexico, politics, violence, art, religion, and of course a detective story at the heart of it. And a dog!
Anyway, Robert Evans has recovered (more or less) from the events of the last book, but they have left him disillusioned and heading for the States. It takes Efraim and a new puzzle to solve to pull him back into the Oaxacan life he loves, and remind him why he stays.
I love how Evans has changed over the course of the books -- in the first book, he takes every opportunity to avoid getting involved in trouble. In this one, he finally admits that he lives for it, and chooses to get involved. This book has everything -- foods and flavors of different parts of Mexico, politics, violence, art, religion, and of course a detective story at the heart of it. And a dog!
January 30, 2017
I liked writing it. I liked reading it. So there.
August 6, 2018
Ex-pat Robert Evans can't stay out of trouble. Now his taxis friend Efraim talks him into serving as bait in a plan to catch the gang who robbed passengers on a bus he was riding and shot an off-duty cop. At one point, he is set up with a fake restaurant in an effort to draw the gang's interest. He also spends time in Mexico City looking for the gang. A satisfying read but not as compelling as the first two books in this series. Why am I reading them? It's all preparation for my visit to Oaxaca at the end of October, where I will take Spanish lessons and eat a lot of good food.
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