William Gordon

Cuando Melba Sundling sacó a pasear a su perro esa mañana jamás imaginó que acabaría descubriendo un pedazo de muslo humano envuelto en un saco. La noticia de que un maníaco asesino anda suelto por las calles de San Francisco no tarda en correr como la pólvora. En un intento de rastrear los pasos del criminal, el joven Samuel Hamilton, con la ayuda del detective Bernardi, se sumerge en un submundo de perversión y magia negra en el que el enano Dusty Schwartz, inmigrante mexicano y pastor de una misteriosa iglesia, se perfila como el principal sospechoso.… (plus d'informations)

Un supuesto millonario es atropellado por un autobús en San Francisco. Samuel Hamilton, vendedor de anuncios de un periódico local y aspirante a reportero, decide investigar una muerte que no parece clara. Habitual del bar Camelot, Samuel comienza a desentrañar, con la ayuda de su amiga Melba, una compleja intriga que parte de Chinatown, concretamente de la tienda del señor Song, auténtica autoridad en el barrio cuyas vasijas chinas constituyen para muchos un lugar seguro donde guardar dinero y documentos.… (plus d'informations)

The author, William C. Gordon, who was raked in East LA, who lives in San Francisco with his wife Isabel Allende, writes his detective novels in Spanish, the language in which it is originally published. The setting of the Chinese Jars is San Francisco. I first looked for the book in my local library but could find no books by Gordon. It led me to realize that there are probably many mysteries that follow this route and are missed by many of the reading public. The fact that it was written by a transplanted SFer, someone who I guessed probably likes the city as much as I do, and the less traveled road on which it was published, hooked me so I bought a Kindle version.

I was right, Gordon does love San Francisco. That alone made it a fun read. The plot is decent, with some likeable characters. I enjoyed it and will look for the next book in the series.… (plus d'informations)