Twenty Centavos

Twenty CentavosDoes an artist really see things differently?Painter Paul Zacher, preparing for a gallery show in the Yucatan, is unwillingly drawn into amurder investigation in his home town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A prominent antiquesdealer has been shot in the head, and a twenty centavo coin found in his mouth. Zacher draws onthe help and expertise of his Mexican girlfriend, Maya Sanchez, and his retired detective friend,Cody Williams, to comb the prosperous expatriate community for clues as he tries to stay out ofthe way of the police. The action ricochets from the heartland of colonial Mexico to the steamyjungles of the Yucatan, as Zacher inches closer to the killer, only to find himself marked as thenext victim.Twenty Centavos is the first book in the Murder in Mexico mystery series.