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Captain Jose Da Silva Mystery #3
The Shrunken Head
Captain José Da Silva has the daunting task of finding a murderer. Hired by the Brazilian Foreign Office, Da Silva sets out to end these jungle killings, but doesn’t quite have all the facts. When Agent Wilson shows him one of the victims—-not all of him, just his shrunken head—-Da Silva realizes that this murder case isn’t as open-and-shut as it seems. Now he must investigate, evading the powerful magic and numerous mysteries of the Amazon jungle.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1963
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Robert L. Fish
126 books13 followersRobert Lloyd Fish was an American writer of crime fiction. His first novel, The Fugitive, gained him the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel in 1962, and his short story "Moonlight Gardener" was awarded the Edgar for best short story in 1972. His 1963 novel Mute Witness, written under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike, was filmed in 1968 as Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen.
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April 4, 2018
I believe this is the third case for Brazilian Captain Jose da Silva.
Captain Jose Da Silva works for Interpol and is a master detective stationed on the beautiful and dangerous streets of Rio de Janeiro.
The action often takes place in the jungle, Da Silva uses his native knowledge of Brazil to solve the crime. And though his home base is centered in Rio, his cases often find him traveling to the country’s exotic northeast or plunging into the depths of the Amazon, which means that the setting of these tales is as exciting as it is action filled.
Robert L. Fish became an author after a successful career as a civil engineer and a nine-year stint living and working in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Series:
The Fugitive (1962)
Isle of Snakes (1963)
The Shrunken Head (1963)
The Diamond Bubble (1966)
Always Kill A Stranger (1967)
The Bridge that Went Nowhere (1968)
The Xavier Affair (1970)
The Green Hell Treasure (1971)
Trouble in Paradise (1975)
Brazilian Sleigh Ride (1988)
Captain Jose Da Silva works for Interpol and is a master detective stationed on the beautiful and dangerous streets of Rio de Janeiro.
The action often takes place in the jungle, Da Silva uses his native knowledge of Brazil to solve the crime. And though his home base is centered in Rio, his cases often find him traveling to the country’s exotic northeast or plunging into the depths of the Amazon, which means that the setting of these tales is as exciting as it is action filled.
Robert L. Fish became an author after a successful career as a civil engineer and a nine-year stint living and working in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Series:
The Fugitive (1962)
Isle of Snakes (1963)
The Shrunken Head (1963)
The Diamond Bubble (1966)
Always Kill A Stranger (1967)
The Bridge that Went Nowhere (1968)
The Xavier Affair (1970)
The Green Hell Treasure (1971)
Trouble in Paradise (1975)
Brazilian Sleigh Ride (1988)
January 7, 2014
Captain da Silva is called to the Brazilian Foreign Office and assigned to investigate the killing of an acquaintance of his, John Bailey, an American explorer. The American had been looking for diamonds in the Amazon interior for appoximately 6 or 7 months, when his shrunken head had been sent to the Brazilian Foreign Office with a note of challenge.
Captain da Silva and his friend (and American agent), Wilson, set off to discover why Bailey had been killed, and more importantly, why his head had been shrunken (by an indigenous group not native to Brazil), and then sent to the Brazilian Foreign Office.
This book was published in 1963, and is a product of it's time. Wilson and da Silva think about women and wanting to get them into bed, and women are assumed to be weak and incapable of taking care of themselves.
With that in mind, I still enjoyed this book, to the point I finished it in one sitting. Of course, I was snowed in and had nothing else to do but read. I found it kept my attention throughout the book, and I liked the relationship between da Silva and Wilson.
Captain da Silva and his friend (and American agent), Wilson, set off to discover why Bailey had been killed, and more importantly, why his head had been shrunken (by an indigenous group not native to Brazil), and then sent to the Brazilian Foreign Office.
This book was published in 1963, and is a product of it's time. Wilson and da Silva think about women and wanting to get them into bed, and women are assumed to be weak and incapable of taking care of themselves.
With that in mind, I still enjoyed this book, to the point I finished it in one sitting. Of course, I was snowed in and had nothing else to do but read. I found it kept my attention throughout the book, and I liked the relationship between da Silva and Wilson.
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